224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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If we are to believe what many sociologists are telling us, the public sphere is in a near terminal state. Our ability to build solidarities with strangers and to agree on the general significance of needs and problems seems to be collapsing. These cultural potentials appear endangered by a newly aggressive attempt to universalize and extend the norms of the market. For four decades Habermas has... Read more
1. Introduction: The Plight of the Public Sphere 2. The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere 3. The Theory of Communicative Action 4. Discourse Ethics and the Normative Justification Of Tolerance 5. A Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy 6. Globalizing the Public Sphere 7. The Utopian Energies of a Radical Reformist 8. Romantic and Enlightenment Legacies: The Post-Modern Critics 9. Distorted Communications: Habermas and Feminism 10. Conclusion
Biography
Pauline Johnson teaches in the Sociology Department at Macquarie University, Sydney. She has published widely on topics in contemporary critical theory and feminist theory.
