The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

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book work of political theory work of social theory

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere is a seminal work of social and political theory by Jürgen Habermas that analyzes the historical rise and decline of the bourgeois public sphere and its implications for modern democracy and communication.

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The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society 1

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instanceOf book ⓘ
work of political theory ⓘ
work of social theory ⓘ
analyzes 18th-century coffee houses ⓘ
mass media commercialization ⓘ
print culture ⓘ
reading societies ⓘ
salons ⓘ
argues bourgeois public sphere enabled rational-critical debate among private individuals ⓘ
commercial mass media weakened autonomous public discussion ⓘ
later structural changes undermined conditions for rational-critical debate ⓘ
welfare state and mass democracy transformed the public sphere ⓘ
author Jürgen Habermas ⓘ
centralConcept civil society ⓘ
private sphere ⓘ
public sphere ⓘ
rational-critical debate ⓘ
considered classic of 20th-century social theory ⓘ
seminal work in public sphere theory ⓘ
countryOfOrigin West Germany ⓘ
englishTranslationPublisher MIT Press ⓘ
englishTranslationYear 1989 ⓘ
englishTranslator Frederick Lawrence ⓘ
Thomas Burger ⓘ
focusesOn decline of the bourgeois public sphere ⓘ
historical rise of the bourgeois public sphere ⓘ
mass media and public communication ⓘ
relationship between public sphere and democracy ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
social philosophy ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
influenced communication studies ⓘ
contemporary democratic theory ⓘ
media studies ⓘ
political sociology ⓘ
public sphere theory ⓘ
mainSubject bourgeois public sphere ⓘ
communication ⓘ
critical theory ⓘ
democracy ⓘ
political sociology ⓘ
public sphere ⓘ
social history ⓘ
movement Frankfurt School ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
theoreticalFramework critical theory ⓘ

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