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Author Habermas, Jürgen.

Title The structural transformation of the public sphere : an inquiry into a category of bourgeois society / Jürgen Habermas; translated by Thomas Burger with the assistance of Frederick Lawrence
Published [Great Brit.] : Polity Press, 1989

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Description xix, 301 pages ; 24 cm
Summary In this work, Habermas retraces the emergence and development of the bourgeois public sphere, focusing on Europe in the early modern period. He examines the writing of political theorists and the specific institutions and social forms in which the public sphere was realized
Analysis Western world Middle classes Culture, history - Sociological perspectives
Notes Originally in German under the title: Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit
Bibliography Includes index
Notes Translation of: Strukturwandel der Öffentlicheit
Subject Communication -- Social aspects.
Middle class -- History -- 19th century.
Middle class.
Political sociology.
Public opinion.
Social history.
Social structure.
Sociology -- Methodology.
ISBN 0745602746
Other Titles Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. English