A portion of the public sphere is constituted in every conversation in which private persons come together to form a public, says jurgen Habermas. Citizens act as a public when they deal with matters of general interest without being subject to coercion, he says. State power is considered 'public' power, but it owes the attribute of publicness to its task of caring for the public, he writes.
A portion of the public sphere is constituted in every conversation in which private persons come together to form a public, says jurgen Habermas. Citizens act as a public when they deal with matters of general interest without being subject to coercion, he says. State power is considered 'public' power, but it owes the attribute of publicness to its task of caring for the public, he writes.
A portion of the public sphere is constituted in every conversation in which private persons come together to form a public, says jurgen Habermas. Citizens act as a public when they deal with matters of general interest without being subject to coercion, he says. State power is considered 'public' power, but it owes the attribute of publicness to its task of caring for the public, he writes.