Habermas and the Public Sphere
By: edited by Craig Calhoun.
Contributors: Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-
Series: Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9780262531146
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Habermas, Jürgen. -- Congresses; Sociology -- Methodology -- Congresses; Social structure -- Congresses; Middle class -- Congresses; Political sociology -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Description: **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.**

The relationship between civil society and public life is in the forefront of contemporary discussion. No single scholarly voice informs this discussion more than that of Jürgen 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. 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.

(Source: [MIT Press](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262031837/))
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: 1
title: Introduction: Habermas and the Public Sphere, Craig Calhoun
pagenum: 1; label: I
title: Philosophical Models; label: 2
title: Practical Discourse: On the Relation of Morality to Politics, Thomas McCarthy
pagenum: 51; label: 3
title: Models of Public Space: Hannah Arendt, the Liberal Tradition, and Jürgen Habermas, Seyla Benhabib
pagenum: 73; label: 4
title: The Public Sphere: Models and Boundaries, Peter Uwe Hohendahl
pagenum: 99; label: 5
title: Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy, Nancy Fraser
pagenum: 109; label: 6
title: Was There Ever a Public Sphere? If So, When? Reflections on the American Case, Michael Schudson
pagenum: 143; label: 7
title: Political Theory and Historical Analysis, Moishe Postone
pagenum: 164; label: II
title: Historical Publics; label: 8
title: Denning the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France: Variations on a Theme by Habermas, Keith Michael Baker
pagenum: 181; label: 9
title: Religion, Science, and Printing in the Public Spheres in Seventeenth-Century England, David Zaret
pagenum: 212; label: 10
title: Habermas, History, and Critical Theory, Lloyd Kramer
pagenum: 236; label: 11
title: Gender and Public Access: Women’s Politics in Nineteenth-Century America, Mary P. Ryan
pagenum: 259; label: 12
title: Nations, Publics, and Political Cultures: Placing Habermas in the Nineteenth Century, Geoff Eley
pagenum: 289; label: 13
title: The Pragmatic Ends of Popular Politics, Harry C. Boyte
pagenum: 340; label: III
title: Public Communication; label: 14
title: The Media and the Public Sphere, Nicholas Garnham
pagenum: 359; label: 15
title: The Mass Public and the Mass Subject, Michael Warner
pagenum: 377; label: 16
title: Textuality, Mediation, and Public Discourse, Benjamin Lee
pagenum: 402; label: IV
title: Conclusion and Response; label: 17
title: Further Reflections on the Public Sphere, Jürgen Habermas
pagenum: 421; label: 18
title: Concluding Remarks
pagenum: 462; title: Contributors
pagenum: 481; title: Index
pagenum: 485