Re-imagining the Public Sphere in the Long Nineteenth Century: Literatur, Theater und das soziale Imaginäre

Seán Allan; Christian Moser

doi:10.5771/9783849819682

Summary

The crisis afflicting political discourse in many western democracies

today is often explained in terms of a fragmentation of the

public sphere. This volume critically probes the legacy of Jürgen

Habermas’s ground-breaking study The Structural Transformation

of the Public Sphere and considers how the more recent work of

the Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor can help us conceptualise

the formation of the public sphere as part of a new social

imaginary in the long nineteenth century. Whereas scholars have

traditionally approached the topic in terms of the history of institutions

and technology, this volume considers the vital role played by

art and literature in shaping our understanding of the public sphere

across a range of national and transnational settings. How did the

way the public sphere is imagined change during the long nineteenth

century? And how can these changes be mapped against

a transition from a cosmopolitan concept of the public sphere to

one conditioned by nationalistic thinking?

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2024
Copyright Year: 2024
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8498-1967-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8498-1968-2
Publisher: Aisthesis, Bielefeld
Series: Studien zur vergleichenden Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft
Volume: 9
Language: English
Pages: 497
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 10
Re-imagining the Public Sphere in the Long Nineteenth Century No access Pages 11 - 34
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›Res publica politica‹ und ›res publica‹ literaria No access Pages 35 - 66
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“There’s No Such Thing as Society”? No access Pages 67 - 84
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Between Discourse and Disclosure No access Pages 85 - 102
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Stimme des Volkes, Bienenschwarm, Leuchtkäfergespenst No access Pages 103 - 128
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Publicum No access Pages 129 - 166
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Sichtbarkeit von Gesellschaft No access Pages 167 - 188
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“Die öffentliche Meinung… sei auf eine höchst gefährliche Weise, auf dieses Mannes Seite” No access Pages 189 - 210
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Realizable Fictions of the Social Imaginary No access Pages 211 - 240
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Öffentlichkeit und Image No access Pages 241 - 258
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Endspiele auf entleerter Bühne No access Pages 259 - 282
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Community as Conflict No access Pages 283 - 300
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„Die mehreren Wehmüller und ungarischen Nationalgesichter“ No access Pages 301 - 324
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Gegenöffentlichkeiten im 18. Jahrhundert? No access Pages 325 - 344
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A Public in Parts No access Pages 345 - 368
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Whose Theatre Is It Any Way? No access Pages 369 - 386
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Enlightened Communities? No access Pages 387 - 422
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Images of Power and the Public Sphere No access Pages 423 - 444
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Polarisierender Affekt, Treue und nationaler Zusammenhalt No access Pages 445 - 472
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Globale Re-imaginationen des Demokratischen No access Pages 473 - 494
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Die Autorinnen und Autoren No access Pages 495 - 497