The Idea of the Public Sphere: A Reader

ISBN-13: 9780739141977 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 346 str.

Jostein Gripsrud

Opis

The Idea of the Public Sphere offers a wide-ranging, accessible, and easy-to-use introduction to one of the most influential ideas in modern social and political thought, tracing its development from the origins of modern democracy in the Eighteenth Century to present day debates. This book brings key texts by the leading contributors in the field together in a single volume. It explores current topics such as the role of religion in public affairs, the implications of the internet for organizing public deliberation, and the transnationalisation of public issues.