The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
	Cover of the German edition
Author	Jürgen Habermas
Original title	Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft
Translators	Thomas Burger; Frederick Lawrence
Country	Germany
Language	German
Subject	The public sphere
Published	1962
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0262581080

The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society (German: Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft) is a 1962 book by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas. It was translated into English in 1989 by Thomas Burger and Frederick Lawrence. An important contribution to modern understanding of democracy, it is notable for "transforming media studies into a hard-headed discipline."^[1] In 2022 Habermas published a brief sequel, A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics.^[2]

^ Todd Gitlin (April 26, 2004). "Jurgen Habermas". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ Habermas J., A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics, Polity press, 2023

[tws11oct01-1] Todd Gitlin (April 26, 2004). "Jurgen Habermas". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on March 6, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11.

[2] Habermas J., A New Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere and Deliberative Politics, Polity press, 2023

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