This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling historic ruptures spanning the formation and transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean world. Set against an imploding grammar of socio-political life, the modern liberal public sphere appears in a new light.

Autorentext
ARMANDO SALVATORE is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at Oriental Studies University, Naples, Italy and Senior Research Fellow (Heisenberg Fellow) at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen.

Inhalt
Introduction: For a Genealogy of the Public Sphere Religion, Civilization, and the Redefinition of Tradition Bridging Imagination, Practice, and Discourse The Public Reason of the Commoner The Collective Pursuit of Public Weal The Implosion of Traditions and the Redefinition of Common Sense The Modern Public Sphere: Transforming Practical Reason into Prudential Communication After Genealogy: Towards a Pluralist Theory of the Public Sphere