After Habermas : New Perspectives on the

Critiquing Habermas, this volume bring fresh perspectives and ideas to bear on debates about the public sphere. Engages in different ways with J8rgen Habermas's seminal study, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere. Moves beyond Habermas by reflecting on current social processes and events, such as anti-corporate protests and the emergence of the Internet. Considers alternative theories by Bakhtin, Bourdieu and Honneth, among others. Combines work by established commentators and new researchers.

Nick Crossley is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester. His recent publications include Making Sense of Social Movements (2002) and The Social Body: Habit, Identity and Desire (2001).

John Michael Roberts is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leeds. He has written widely on subjects relating to critical realism, the public sphere and historical publics, including Speakers’ Corner in London.

Introduction

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John Michael Roberts

Nick Crossley

Wild publics and grotesque symposiums: Habermas and Bakhtin on dialogue, everyday life and the public sphere

28

(21)

Michael E Gardiner

Justice and drama: on Bakhtin as a complement to Habermas

49

(18)

Ken Hirschkop

John Stuart Mill, free speech and the public sphere: a Bakhtinian critique

67

(21)

John Michael Roberts

On systematically distorted communication: Bourdieu and the socio-analysis of publics

88

(25)

Nick Crossley

Habermas and social movements: what's `new'?

113

(18)

Gemma Edwards

Expanding dialogue: the Internet, the public sphere and prospects for transnational democracy

131

(25)

James Bohman

Feminism and the political economy of transnational public space

156

(21)

Lisa McLaughlin

Notes on contributors

177

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Index

179

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After Habermas : New Perspectives on the Public Sphere

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