On the PublicRoutledge, 2005 M10 5 - 160 páginas The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from? Is there one public or many? Is the very idea of the public a myth? In this fascinating book, Alastair Hannay explores these questions and unpacks a much talked about but little understood phenomenon. He begins by tracing the origins of the public back to ancient Rome, before arguing that the idea of a public sphere is closely linked to the birth of democracy in the eighteenth century. He also reflects on the Enlightenment and the origins of public opinion, as well as considering the role of the media in creating and manipulating the public, and asks whether the very idea of the public might be uprooted and undermined by the Internet and global technology. Engaging and controversial in equal measure, On the Public also draws on famous thinkers who have written about the public, such as Kierkegaard, Hannah Arendt, John Dewey and Jürgen Habermas. |
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... the powers of government were divided between senate, magistrates and 'the people'. Assemblies in which the latter participated were appropriately called 'popular', but participation was at first confined to the nobility.
... the powers of government were divided between senate, magistrates and 'the people'. Assemblies in which the latter participated were appropriately called 'popular', but participation was at first confined to the nobility.
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Alastair Hannay. 'popular', but participation was at first confined to the nobility (patricii), it therefore being the latter – to us it will appear strangely – who were identified as 'the people'. Only when commoners (plebeii) came to ...
Alastair Hannay. 'popular', but participation was at first confined to the nobility (patricii), it therefore being the latter – to us it will appear strangely – who were identified as 'the people'. Only when commoners (plebeii) came to ...
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... popular assemblies necessarily public in the way that, say, senatorial hearings in the United States are today, or sittings of the House of Commons. 'Public' in this sense would refer to those events, political or otherwise, to which ...
... popular assemblies necessarily public in the way that, say, senatorial hearings in the United States are today, or sittings of the House of Commons. 'Public' in this sense would refer to those events, political or otherwise, to which ...
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... popular assemblies, however these were constituted. But as Mark Antony addressed his audience, the democratic advances previously made in Roman society had largely been reversed by the very man whose death occasioned the speech. Now ...
... popular assemblies, however these were constituted. But as Mark Antony addressed his audience, the democratic advances previously made in Roman society had largely been reversed by the very man whose death occasioned the speech. Now ...
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