Public space, both literally and figuratively, is foundationally important to political life. From Socratic lectures in the public forum, to Occupy Wall Street and the Arab Spring, public spaces have long played host to political discussion and protest. The book provides a direct assessment of the role that public space plays in political life.

Autorentext

James M. Glass, University of Maryland, USA Diana Boros, St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles, USA C. Fred Alford, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Mary Caputi, California State University, Long Beach, USA Michael J. Thompson, William Paterson University, USA Lauren Langman, Loyola University of Chicago, USA William E. Scheuerman, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA Malcolm F. Miles, Plymouth University, UK Michael Diamond, University of Missouri, USA David Ingram, Loyola University, USA Asaf Bar-Tura, Loyala University, USA Lars Rensmann, John Cabot University, USA Haley Smith, St. Mary's College of Maryland, USA

Inhalt
Foreword: Stephen Eric Bronner 1. Habermas, the Public Sphere, and Democracy; Douglas Kellner 2. Reflections on the Meaning and Experience of Public Space: A Critical Psychoanalytic Perspective; Michael Diamond 3. The Public Sphere as Site of Emancipation and Enlightenment: A Discourse Theoretic Critique of Digital Communication; David Ingram & Asaf Bar-Tura 4. Walter Benjamin and the Modern Parisian Cityscape; Mary Caputi 5. Critical Spaces: Pubilc Spaces, the Culture Industry, Critical Theory, and Urbanism; Malcolm Miles 6. Idealizing Public Space: Arendt, Wolin, and the Frankfurt School; C. Fred Alford 7. Spatial Form and the Pathologies of Public Reason: Toward a Critical Theory of Space; Michael J. Thompson 8. Adorno and the Global Public Sphere: Rethinking Globalization and the Cosmopolitan Condition of Politics; Lars Rensmann 9. The Carnivalization of the Public Sphere; Lauren Langman 10. #OccupytheEstablishment: The Commodification of a "New Sustainability" for Public Space and Public Life; Diana Boros & Haley Smith