CMST 3HC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nancy Fraser, Public Sphere, South African Class 19C 4-8-2
20 Feb 2018
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19c newspapers and: imagined community, bourgeois public sphere. How do newspapers support emerging public sphere: inform readers, extend polite conversation into print advance interests of particular people, represent public opinion opinions they want to. Public sphere is emerging but not ideal. Body of private persons who assemble to discuss matters of public concern. Distinct from: economic realm (private interests, the state. Strong v. weak publics: (e. g. ,parliament v. the press) Domestic violence is public or private concern. Form counterpublics excluded groups form public sphere. Just because you aren"t allowed to express yourself doesn"t mean they shouldn"t or don"t find ways to. Polite/democratic sociability (mcnairn: inform, uplift, empower to act, political opinion. Black press was not diff than white press just appealing to diff counter public. Population (us census: 1790: 700,000 slaves in us; 18% of total population (3. 9 million) 1860: 3,953,761 slaves; 12. 6% of total population (31. 4 million) 1860: worth . 5 billion ( more than all manufacturing and railroads) (mcpherson, 1988)
