Public Sphere, Postmodernism and Polemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3677288 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Johnson (0000-0001-7109-4575), James Turner Johnson (0000-0003-3555-169X, University of Rochester), Dana Villa (Amherst College), Dana R Villa |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 427-433 |
| Publication date | 1994-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2944714 |
| OpenAlex | W2230131285 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
Theories of the public sphere, as standardly formulated, aim to specify the minimal, necessary conditions for a discursive realm free of coercion or manipulation. In his article in this Review in September 1992, Dana Villa urged us to reconsider this standard account. He argued that when read in light of postmodernist theory, Hannah Arendt provides the basis for a revised conception of the public sphere that privileges plurality and difference over consensus. Jim Johnson suggests that Villa's analysis is a thinly veiled polemic against critical theory. Johnson argues that, as critique, Villa's argument is neither decisive nor encompassing, and that as polemic it blinds Villa to potentially fruitful disagreements with critical theorists. Villa replies that Johnson misses the synthetic thrust of the original article because he identified public realm theory too narrowly with Habermas. Thus, he misconstrues the dialogue Villa sought to facilitate between Arendt and postmodernism
Argument (complex analysis · Coercion (linguistics · Critical theory · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Public sphere · Realm · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
Reinventing politics
Communication and the Evolution of Society
Habermas and the public sphere
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Polity and Group Difference
The structural transformation of the public sphere
The theory of communicative action
Books in Review
Remarks on the Discussion
The structural transformation of the public sphere
Habermas on Strategic and Communicative Action
Beyond Good and Evil
Is Talk Really Cheap? Prompting Conversation between Critical Theory and Rational Choice
Postmodernism and the Public Sphere
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 1997 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |