Fraser / Nash Transnationalizing the Public Sphere

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5660-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, E-Book

Is Habermas's concept of the public sphere still relevant inan age of globalization, when the transnational flows of people andinformation have become increasingly intensive and when thenation-state can no longer be taken granted as the natural framefor social and political debate? This is the question posed withcharacteristic acuity by Nancy Fraser in her influential article'Transnationalizing the Public Sphere?' Challengingcareless uses of the term 'global public sphere',Fraser raises the debate about the nature and role of the publicsphere in a global age to a new level. While drawing on therichness of Habermas's conception and remaining faithful tothe spirit of critical theory, Fraser thoroughly reconstructs theconcepts of inclusion, legitimacy and efficacy for our globalizingtimes.

This book includes Fraser's original article as well asspecially commissioned contributions that raise searching questionsabout the theoretical assumptions and empirical grounds ofFraser's argument. They are concerned with the fundamentalpremises of Habermas's development of the concept of thepublic sphere as a normative ideal in complex societies; thesignificance of the fact that the public sphere emerged in modernstates that were also imperial; whether 'scaling up' toa global public sphere means giving up on local and nationalpublics; the role of 'counterpublics' in developingalternative globalization; and what inclusion might possibly meanfor a global public. Fraser responds to these questions in detailin an extended reply to her critics.

An invaluable resource for students and scholars concerned with therole of the public sphere beyond the nation-state, this book willalso be welcomed by anyone interested in globalization anddemocracy today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fraser, Nancy

Nash, Kate

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors
Introduction
1. Nancy Fraser - Transnationalizing the Public Sphere: on theLegitimacy and Efficacy of Public Opinion in a Post-WestphalianWorld
2. Kate Nash - Towards Transnational Democratization?
3. Kimberley Hutchings - Time, Politics and Critique: rethinkingthe 'when' question
4. Nick Couldry - What and Where is the Transnationalized PublicSphere?
5. Fuyuki Kurasawa - Putting the Social Back into the TransnationalPublic Sphere
6. David Owen - Dilemmas of Inclusion: the all-affected principle,the all-subjected principle and transnational public spheres
7. Nancy Fraser - Publicity, Subjection, Critique: A Reply to MyCritics

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Fraser is Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and Department Chair at the New School for Social Research.
Kate Nash is Joint Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy at Goldsmiths, University of London, and a Fellow of the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University.