CS203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Angela Davis, Public Sphere, Social Exclusion
25 May 2016
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Cs203: the public sphere november 11: the public sphere, threats to the public sphere, criticisms of habermas" conception of the public sphere, alternative public spheres/counter publics: occupy wall street. A realm of our social life in which something approaching public opinion can be formed (habermas, 1974, 49) A network for communicating information and points of view (habermas, A body of private persons" assembled to discuss matters of public concern" or common interest" (fraser, 1990, 58) Associated with principles such as democracy, equality, participation, and citizenship (mosco, 2009, 151) Inspired by the new spaces that were forming in 17th and 18th century. Like literary salons, coffee houses, public libraries. Locating public sphere in places outside of public power: development of a sphere committed to critique, separate from traditional powers in society. The public sphere is a site of rational debate and public-opinion formation: the public sphere connoted an ideal of unrestricted rational discussion of public matters.
