Re-Imagining Public Space The Frankfurt School in the 21st Century

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. T

  • PDF / 7,475,713 Bytes
  • 266 Pages / 396 x 612 pts Page_size
  • 109 Downloads / 164 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to Simon Fraser University - PalgraveConnect - 2015-06-16

Re-Imagining Public Space

10.1057/9781137373311 - Re-Imagining Public Space, Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass

10.1057/9781137373311 - Re-Imagining Public Space, Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to Simon Fraser University - PalgraveConnect - 2015-06-16

This page intentionally left blank

The Frankfurt School in the 21st Century

Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass Foreword by Stephen Eric Bronner

10.1057/9781137373311 - Re-Imagining Public Space, Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to Simon Fraser University - PalgraveConnect - 2015-06-16

Re-Imagining Public Space

re-imagining public space

Copyright © Diana Boros and James M. Glass, 2014. All rights reserved.

Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–38343–3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data    Re-imagining public space : the Frankfurt School in the 21st century / edited by Diana Boros & James Glass ; foreword by Stephen Eric Bronner.     pages cm    Includes bibliographical references and index.    ISBN 978–1–137–38343–3 (hardback : alk. paper)    1. Public spaces—Political aspects. 2. Frankfurt school of sociology. 3. Critical theory. 4. Political sociology. I. Boros, Diana, 1980– II. Glass, James M. HT185.R45 2014 306.2—dc23

2014023287

A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: December 2014 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1

10.1057/9781137373311 - Re-Imagining Public Space, Edited by Diana Boros and James M. Glass

Copyright material from www.palgraveconnect.com - licensed to Simon Fraser University - PalgraveConnect - 2015-06-16

First published in 2014 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—­a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

List of Figures

vii

Foreword Stephen Eric Bronner

ix

Rutgers University

Introduction Diana Boros and James M. Glass

1

St. Mary’s College of Maryland and University of Maryland

1. Habermas, the Public Sphere, and Democracy Douglas Kellner

19

University of California, Los Angeles

2. Ref lections on the Meaning and Experience of Public Space: A Critical Psychoanalytic Perspective Michael A. Diamond

45

University of Missouri

3. The Public Sphere as Site of Emancipation and Enlightenment: A Discourse Theoretic Critique of Digital