Habermas, democracy and the public sphere: Theory and practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 136843102110387
Author(s):  
Gabriele De Angelis
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reflection Theory ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many ◽  
Complex Project ◽  
Supranational Level

A fil rouge goes through Habermas’s decade long research. It is the idea that Reason and rationality permeate human societies and may lead human action towards emancipation, if aptly elaborated through the filter of theoretical reflection. Theory must pick up on this rational core and turn the intrinsic rational potential inherent to modern societies into a self-consciously pursued ‘project of enlightenment’. This introduction to the special issue ‘Habermas, Democracy, and the Public Sphere: Theory and Practice’ shows how Habermas’s work in different scientific domains contributes to the construction of the ‘project of modernity’ from the many angles that such a complex project requires. The public sphere is, in Habermas’s theory, the societal domain in which communicative interactions have a chance to make Reason come to bear on human societies and lead them on the path to social and political emancipation. The contributions to this special issue focus therefore on the public sphere and illustrate the evolution of the concept in Habermas’s work and its relation to democracy at national and supranational level.

Battles of Ideas Between the Legal and the Legitimate

2021 ◽  
pp. 145-161
Author(s):  
Paula Castro ◽  
Sonia Brondi ◽  
Alberta Contarello
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Public Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

This chapter discusses how social psychology can offer theoretical contributions for a better understanding of the relations between the institutional and public spheres and how this may impact change in ecological matters. First, it introduces the difference between natural and agreed—or chosen—limits to human action and draws on Sophocles’s Antigone to illustrate this and discuss how legitimacy has roots in the many heterogeneous values of the public sphere/consensual universe, while legality arises from the institutional/reified sphere. Recalling some empirical research in the area of social studies of sustainability, it then shows how a social representations perspective can help us understand the dynamic and interdependent relations between the institutional or reified sphere and the consensual or common sense universe—and their implications for social change and continuity.

Publics and Participation: England, Britain, and Europe in the “Post-Reformation”

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 836-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Lake
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Other ◽  
British History ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere

AbstractThis article responds to the pieces collected in this special issue of the Journal of British Studies, all of which seek to take some notion of the politics of the public sphere and either apply it to, or break it upon the wheel of, various versions of British history during the post-Reformation period. It seeks to bring the other articles into conversation both with one another as well as with existing work on the topic.

scholarly journals Rethinking science communication in a changing landscape

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (03) ◽  
pp. E
Author(s):  
Frank Kupper ◽  
Carolina Moreno-Castro ◽  
Alessandra Fornetti
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Selection Of

Science communication continues to grow, develop and change, as a practice and field of research. The boundaries between science and the rest of society are blurring. Digitalization transforms the public sphere. This JCOM special issue aims to rethink science communication in light of the changing science communication landscape. How to characterize the emerging science communication ecosystem in relation to the introduction of new media and actors involved? What new practices are emerging? How is the quality of science communication maintained or improved? We present a selection of papers that provide different perspectives on these questions and challenges.

(Un)Liberated and Contested Narratives

2019 ◽  
pp. 334-347
Author(s):  
Bongani C Ndhlovu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
South African ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
The State ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many ◽  
Contested Narratives

This chapter analyses the influence of the state in shaping museum narratives, especially in a liberated society such as South Africa. It argues that while the notion of social cohesion and nation building is an ideal that many South African museums should strive for, the technocratisation of museum processes has to a degree led to a disregard of the public sphere as a space of open engagement. Secondly, the chapter also looks at the net-effect of museums professionals and boards in the development of their narrative. It argues that due to the nature of their expertise and interests, and the focus on their areas of specialisation, museums may hardly claim to be representative of the many voices they ought to represent. As such, the chapter explores contestations in museum spaces. It partly does so by exploring the notion “free-spokenness” and its limits in museum spaces. To amplify its argument, the chapter uses some exhibitions that generated critical engagements from Iziko Museums of South Africa.

scholarly journals INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL ISSUE 1 : 2011

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alias Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Geological Heritage ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Geological Structures ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Many ◽  
Extra Point ◽  
Effective Conservation ◽  
Country Planning

The publications of this journal is one of the many activities undertaken by the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) to propagate knowledge and information pertaining to town and country planning to its members as well as the public. This Journal also acts as a medium for MIP members and others to engage in research and writing articles that could contribute to the advancement of the theory and practice of town and country planning. Published articles in this Journal means for MIP members, is fulflling their CPD point requirement. As to the academic contributors, journal’s indexed in SCOPUS will be very meaningful as it adds extra point in terms of their involvement in research and publication.This year, MIP’s journal has moved extra mile by producing a special issue dedicated specifcally on Langkawi Geopark. Ten related titles researched and written by a group of experts from LESTARI, UKM and LADA staff had contributed in this special issue. Topics which are covered and discussed in this issue would defnitely promote better understanding on current issues relating to our frst geopark, not only in Malaysia, but South East Asia dated back about 550 million years ago as endorsed by UNESCO in 2007. The articles discussed rigorously not only on geopark concept that made up of more than mere geological structures and landscape but also about how the local communities within it can sustain and nurture this geological heritage through effective conservation efforts and promotion of ecotourism. Experiences and suggestions put forward by the authors in this Journal could be used or adopted into practice by MIP members and authorities in carrying out their professional role in maintaining our very own world heritage. Congratulation to the authors for their excellent effort and materials published in this special issue.On behalf of the council I would like to thank the editors. I would like to urge members of MIP and others to make full use of this Journal.

I'm Not Watching I'm Waiting: the Construction of Visual Codes about Womens' Role as Spectators in the Trial in Nineteenth Century England

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Mulcahy
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Symbiotic Relationship ◽  
Separate Spheres ◽  
The Public ◽  
Productive Labour ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

AbstractAccounts of the interface between law, gender and modernity have tended to stress the many ways in which women experienced the metropolis differently from men in the nineteenth century. Considerable attention has been paid to the notion of separate spheres and to the ways in which the public realm came to be closely associated with the masculine worlds of productive labour, politics, law and public service. Much art of the period draws our attention to the symbiotic relationship between representations of gender and prevailing notions of their place. Drawing on well known depictions of women onlookers in the trial in fine art, this essay by Linda Mulcahy explores the ways in which this genre contributed to the disciplining of women in the public sphere and encouraged them to go no further than the margins of the law court.

“A Swarm of Laughter!” On Kierkegaard’s Conception of Enthusiasm and Its Comedic Remedy, an Enlightenment Inheritance

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carson Seabourn Webb
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

AbstractToday the term “enthusiasm” signifies little more than innocuous excitement. During the Enlightenment, however, the term was abuzz with pejorative innuendos of sub-humanity, the many nuances of which were debated in the public sphere. Its significance was more sting than substance, however, and by the middle of the nineteenth century Kierkegaard could complain that the category of enthusiasm had become hopelessly unclear. Despite this, based on The Book on Adler and on three texts in which Kierkegaard uses Socrates as a prototype of enthusiasm, I argue that Kierkegaard’s concept of enthusiasm places him in the lineage of earlier Enlightenment writers, such as Lessing, Shaftesbury, and Kant, whose conceptions and critiques of enthusiasm Kierkegaard was familiar with. By putting Kierkegaard’s use of the comic in The Book on Adler into conversation with Shaftesbury’s and Kant’s comedic remedies for enthusiasm, the extent to which Kierkegaard is an inheritor of and detractor from this tradition becomes evident

scholarly journals Adopting an Attitude of Wisdom in Organizational Rhetorical Theory and Practice: Contemplating the Ideal and the Real

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 560-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Meisenbach ◽  
Sarah Bonewits Feldner
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Rhetorical Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Level ◽  
Organizational Rhetoric ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Practical Level ◽  
The Ideal

Research and practice in external rhetoric often fall short of ideals both in terms of widespread use of a rhetorical perspective and in achieving dialogic conditions in the public sphere. In this response, the authors consider potential explanations for this shortfall, focusing on challenges that exist on a theoretical level within organizational rhetoric scholarship and on a practical level as individuals and organizations interact.

scholarly journals EKSISTENSI PEREMPUAN DALAM KURSI KEPEMIMPINAN DALAM AL-QUR’AN: APLIKASI TEORI BATAS HUKUM TUHAN ( ḤUDŪD) MUHAMMAD SYAHRUR

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Afrida Arinal Muna
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Boundary Theory ◽  
The Public ◽  
Space And Time ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Many

Discussion about the existence of women in the public sphere is still a matter that invites debate. This is due to the many discourse that develops in the community. The discourse influences one's thinking in seeing women who come down in the public sphere, especially occupying leadership spaces. Therefore, the writer wants to see how this issue is seen in Muhammad Syahrur's discourse using his boundary theory. This Syahrur's thought was different from the thought of the classical scholars who tended to be too 'textualist' in looking at the text. They are of the view that universal Islam is Islam that existed at the time of the Prophet. Syahrur also considered the different contexts of space and time as when the na'al of the Qur'an was revealed.

scholarly journals Introduction

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 3-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Slama ◽  
Bart Barendregt
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
The Other ◽  
Religious Politics ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Public Sphere

AbstractThis article introduces the special issue ‘Online Publics in Muslim Southeast Asia: In Between Religious Politics and Popular Pious Practices’ by discussing prominent approaches in the study of media and the public sphere in light of the specific history of digital media’s rise in Muslim Southeast Asia. It focuses on earlier and current expressions of mobile and Islamic modernity as well as on changing moralities and forms of Islamic authority. Referencing the other contributions to this special issue, it particularly emphasizes the (discursive and visual) contestations and social dramas that take place in the region’s media spaces providing for a variety of Islamic forms, practices, and socialities that can best be grasped, the authors argue, by considering politics, the pious, and the popular not as separate, but as mutually constitutive domains.

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