Public Deliberation and Public Culture The Writings of Bernhard Peters, 1993 - 2005

by Wessler, Hartmut; Leibfried, Stephan; Hurrelmann, Achim; Martens, Kerstin; Mayer, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780230573536
• ISBN10: 0230573533
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas.

Author Biography

HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. He is the co-author of Transnationalization of Public Spheres, and writes on the media and the public sphere.

BERNHARD PETERS (1949-2005) was Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bremen, Germany. He completed his PhD with Jürgen Habermas, and wrote widely on the public sphere and political theory.

Table of Contents

Preface

Study of the Public Sphere

Public Sphere And Public Discourse: Basic Concepts And Questions

Law, State and the Political Public Sphere

The Meaning of the Public Sphere

On Public Deliberation and Public Culture

Forms And Functions Of Public Deliberation

Functional Capacity

Contemporary Journalism and its Contribution to a Discursive Public Sphere

"Red Biotechnology" in Media Debate

Transnationalisation And Democratic Legitimacy

National and Transnational Public Spheres

Segmented Europeanisation

Trends and Patterns in the Transnationalisation of Public Spheres in Europe

Public Discourse, Identity and the Problem of Democratic Legitimacy

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