Habermas and the Public Sphere

by Calhoun, Craig

• ISBN13: 9780262531146
• ISBN10: 0262531143
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-03-02
• Publisher: The MIT Press

Summary

The relationship between civil society and public life has become a major topic of discussion in many disciplines, and no single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of J�rgen Habermas. His contributions have shaped the nature of debates over critical theory, feminism, cultural studies, and democratic politics. In this book, scholars from a wide range of disciplines respond to Habermas's most directly relevant work, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Ranging from political theory to cultural criticism, from ethics to gender studies, from history to media studies, these essays challenge, refine, and extend our understanding of the social foundations and changing character of democracy and public discourse. Craig Calhoun is Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Program of Social Theory and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Author Biography

Craig Calhoun is Professor of Sociology and History and Director of the Program of Social Theory and Cross Cultural Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Habermas and the Public Sphere	1	(50)
Craig Calhoun
I Philosophical Models
Practical Discourse: On the Relation of Morality to Politics	51	(22)
Thomas McCarthy
Models of Public Space: Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition, and Jurgen Habermas	73	(26)
Seyla Benhabib
The Public Sphere: Models and Boundaries	99	(10)
Peter Uwe Hohendahl
Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy	109	(34)
Nancy Fraser
Was There Ever a Public Sphere? If So, When? Reflections on the American Case	143	(21)
Michael Schudson
Political Theory and Historical Analysis	164	(17)
Moishe Postone
II Historical Publics
Defining the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France: Variations on a Theme by Habermas	181	(31)
Keith Michael Baker
Religion, Science, and Printing in the Public Spheres in Seventeenth-Century England	212	(24)
David Zaret
Habermas, History, and Critical Theory	236	(23)
Lloyd Kramer
Gender and Public Access: Women's Politics in Nineteenth-Century America	259	(30)
Mary P. Ryan
Nations, Publics, and Political Cultures: Placing Habermas in the Nineteenth Century	289	(51)
Geoff Eley
The Pragmatic Ends of Popular Politics	340	(19)
Harry C. Boyte
III Public Communication
The Media and the Public Sphere	359	(18)
Nicholas Garnham
The Mass Public and the Mass Subject	377	(25)
Michael Warner
Textuality, Mediation, and Public Discourse	402	(19)
Benjamin Lee
IV Conclusion and Response
Further Reflections on the Public Sphere	421	(41)
Jurgen Habermas
Concluding Remarks	462	(19)
Contributors	481	(4)
Index	485