The Internet Soapbox Perspectives on a Changing Public Sphere

This book reviews Internet research and political theory seeking theoretically "cool-headed" perspectives on the current public political spaces in advanced societies. Aspects of the political theories of Rawls and Habermas are discussed and contrasted with contestation-oriented theories....

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Huvudskapare: Terje Rasmussen (auth)
Materialtyp: Elektronisk Bokavsnitt
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Scandinavian University Press (Universitetsforlaget) 2016
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Sammanfattning:This book reviews Internet research and political theory seeking theoretically "cool-headed" perspectives on the current public political spaces in advanced societies. Aspects of the political theories of Rawls and Habermas are discussed and contrasted with contestation-oriented theories. In light of how the Internet takes part in structurally transforming the public sphere, the book draws on sociological and realist insights in order to encircle a more realist view. It briefly reconsiders such strange bedfellows as sociological systems theory (Niklas Luhmann) and political realism (eg. Bernard Williams). The purpose is not to construct a realist theory of the internet-based public sphere, but to point out central insights on which such a theory can be built.
Fysisk beskrivning:1 electronic resource (147 p.)
ISBN:9788215027180-2016
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9788215027180
Tillgång:Open Access