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Author Adut, Ari, 1971-

Title Reign of Appearances : the Misery and Splendor of the Public Sphere
Published New York : Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (222 pages)
Contents Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Critique; Civicness and Civility; Citizenship; Egalitarian and Widespread Participation; Public Events; 2 A Realistic Perspective; Types of Access; Private and Public; Physical and Virtual Public Spaces; Levels of Visibility; 3 Publicity; Publicity and Common Knowledge; Collective Effects; Social Status Effects; 4 Politics in Public; Use of Publicity; Discontents for Political Actors; American Presidents; Scandal and Politics; Liberal Democracy and Publicity; Visible Citizenship
5 Content RegulationCensorship; Expansion; Contraction; 6 Visibility in Society; Groups; Surveillance; 7 Justice and Morality in the Public Sphere; Law; Moral Ambiguities; 8 A Defense of Spectatorship; Endnotes; Chapter 1. A Critique; Chapter 2. A Realistic Perspective; Chapter 3. Publicity; Chapter 4. Politics in Public; Chapter 5. Content Regulation; Chapter 6. Visibility in Society; Chapter 7. Justice and Morality in the Public Sphere; Chapter 8. A Defense of Spectatorship; References; Index
Summary The public sphere can undermine liberal democracy, law, and morality. But it also liberates us from the bondages of private life and fosters a vital aesthetic experience
Notes Print version record
Subject Habermas, Jürgen.
SUBJECT Habermas, Jürgen fast
Subject Political sociology.
Civil society.
Social psychology.
social psychology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Civil society
Political sociology
Social psychology
Form Electronic book
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