Re-Imagining Public Space [electronic resource] : The Frankfurt School in the 21st Century /
Boros, D.editor.
Glass, J.editor.
Public space, both literally and figuratively, is foundationally important to political life. From Socratic lectures in the public forum, to Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring, public spaces have long played host to political discussion and protest. The book provides a direct assessment of the role that public space plays in political life.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter 1 Habermas, the Public Sphere, and Democracy; Chapter 2 Reflections on the Meaning and Experience of Public Space: A Critical Psychoanalytic Perspective; Chapter 3 The Public Sphere as Site of Emancipation and Enlightenment: A Discourse Theoretic Critique of Digital Communicati; Chapter 4 Walter Benjamin and the Modern Parisian Cityscape; Chapter 5 Critical Spaces: Public Spaces, the Culture Industry, Critical Theory, and Urbanism; Chapter 6 Idealizing Public Space: Arendt, Wolin, and the Frankfurt School
Chapter 7 Spatial Form and the Pathologies of Public Reason: Toward a Critical Theory of SpaceChapter 8 Adorno and the Global Public Sphere: Rethinking Globalization and the Cosmopolitan Condition of Politics; Chapter 9 The Carnivalization of the Public Sphere; Chapter 10 #OccupyTheEstablishment: The Commodification of a "New Sensibility" for Public Space and Public Life; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public space, both literally and figuratively, is foundationally important to political life. From Socratic lectures in the public forum, to Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring, public spaces have long played host to political discussion and protest. The book provides a direct assessment of the role that public space plays in political life.
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