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/403/ Reading Club: Habermas on Social Media (sample)

12 min • 9 april 2024
On A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics   [Patreon Tier III & IV Exclusive]   Continuing our theme of "the intelligentsia & the public," we discuss German critical theorist Jürgen Habermas's 2023 book, asking what sort of political culture is required for democracy.
  • What role do the institutions of the public sphere and the media have in producing, sustaining or undermining this culture?

  • How does Habermas' account contrast with B. Anderson on print capitalism?

  • Is 'deliberative' democracy a trap? Who sets the rules of deliberation?

  • Is a good media structure a 'constitutional imperative'?

  • How do interests fit into Habermas' model? Do we need to leave our interests at the door?

 

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