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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... readers, challenging those who do not share his diagnosis of the present state of the public sphere to think about why and how it should best be defended. George Pattison, Christ Church, Oxford Praise for the series '. . . allows a space.
... readers, challenging those who do not share his diagnosis of the present state of the public sphere to think about why and how it should best be defended. George Pattison, Christ Church, Oxford Praise for the series '. . . allows a space.
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... reading future volumes.' Frank Kermode, author of Shakespeare's Language '. . . both rigorous and accessible' Humanist News '. . . the series looks superb' Quentin Skinner '. . . an excellent and beautiful series' Ben Rogers, author of ...
... reading future volumes.' Frank Kermode, author of Shakespeare's Language '. . . both rigorous and accessible' Humanist News '. . . the series looks superb' Quentin Skinner '. . . an excellent and beautiful series' Ben Rogers, author of ...
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... basis are being increasingly forfeited. That (by no means new) thought underlies and motivates this book. The chapters that follow attempt to indicate and explain the way in which things are thus and nudge the reader in a direction that I.
... basis are being increasingly forfeited. That (by no means new) thought underlies and motivates this book. The chapters that follow attempt to indicate and explain the way in which things are thus and nudge the reader in a direction that I.
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Alastair Hannay. thus and nudge the reader in a direction that I think might provide us with an opportunity nevertheless to exploit to human advantage the privileging of privacy. Our topic is the public but its point of view is that of ...
Alastair Hannay. thus and nudge the reader in a direction that I think might provide us with an opportunity nevertheless to exploit to human advantage the privileging of privacy. Our topic is the public but its point of view is that of ...
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... readers to judge, and at more than one level, some not unfamiliar criticisms of western society. My aim, then, is to offer a critical as well as a descriptive account of what the public amounts to today, and to supply enough in the way ...
... readers to judge, and at more than one level, some not unfamiliar criticisms of western society. My aim, then, is to offer a critical as well as a descriptive account of what the public amounts to today, and to supply enough in the way ...
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