Jürgen Habermas overemphasises the role of the public sphere in his theory of law and democracy

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Presentation

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7 pages

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Published date :

01/15/2009

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Law & contracts

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Other law subjects

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Summary :

Introduction.
Habermas's public sphere and his theory of law and democracy.
1. Habermas's definiton of the public sphere.
2. An ideal of unrestricted rational discussion of public matters
3. Habermas defense of the principles of popular sovereignty.
4. The growing intervention of formal systems as parallel to developments of the welfare state.
The role of the public sphere in Habermas's theory of law and democracy.
1. Five assumptions that are central to Habermas's conception of the public sphere.
2. Habermas's call for a renewed democratization of public institutions.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.

Abstract

jürgen habermas (born June 18, 1929 in Düsseldorf) is a German philosopher, political scientist and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory. his work focuses on the analysis of advanced capitalist industrial society and of democracy and the rule of law in a critical social-evolutionary context, and contemporary politics.
He is best known for his concept of the public sphere. He developed a theoretical system committed to disclosing the possibility of reason, human liberation and rational-critical communication embedded in modern liberal institutions and in the human capabilities to communicate, deliberate and pursue rational interests. habermas's theory distinguishes itself from the rationalist tradition by locating rationality in structures of interpersonal linguistic communication rather than in the structure of either the cosmos or the knowing subject.