At the end of this lesson, students will:
- understand the concept of deliberative democracy vs concepts of liberal and illiberal democracy
- understands the concept of the public sphere as a forum of deliberation
- understands the role of the main actors in the public sphere and particularly of Universities, Media and civil society
Lesson’s short presentation
Lesson’s reading
Additional study material
About Jürgen Habermas: https://iep.utm.edu/habermas/
Fleming, Ted: Habermas on Civil_Society Lifeworld and System Unearthing the Social in Transformation Theory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242306579_Habermas_on_Civil_Society_Lifeworld_and_System_Unearthing_the_Social_in_Transformation_Theory?enrichId=rgreq-211d03819660bbd25341aceb3c9781bd-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzI0MjMwNjU3OTtBUzo5OTA2OTU3NzA4MzY5OTJAMTYxMzIxMTY4NjI0NA%3D%3D&el=1_x_3&_esc=publicationCoverPdf
Video: On Habermas: Transformation of the public sphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1K46oK3xTU
Habermas and the public sphere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PzTyNe4tP4
For an original taste of Habermas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjDWA4XUkI
For a discussion of the significance of public spaces and communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkcdRxd3TRA
For a very comprehensive discussion of Civil Society in Political Thought, including a discussion of various critiques of civil society from the point of view of structuralism, systems theory, Marxism, liberalism, and others see: Cohen, J., Arrato, A. (1997): Civil Society and Political Theory (Studies in contemporary German political thought): https://www.moreincommon.de/media/0vbnyicu/begegnung_und_zusammenhalt_moreincommon_orte.pdf
