Habermasian Thinking on Civil Society and the Public Sphere in the Age of Globalization

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ID6211769
AuthorsSalvador Santino F Regilme (0000-0001-6597-2642, De La Salle University)
Year2018
Volume47
Issue4
Pages271-277
Publication date2018-10-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Political Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-7097 • E-ISSN: 1930-5478
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10457097.2016.1175805
OpenAlexW2412337107
LanguageEN
Citations received5

In today's age of increasing globalization and the emergence of global public policy issues, the concepts of civil society, public sphere, and the legitimacy of the legal system require further analytical scrutiny and philosophical reflection. As such, this article reflects on how the renowned German philosopher and social theorist Jürgen Habermas, in his Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy (1996), addressed and reflected on the notions of civil society, the public sphere, and the legitimacy of the legal system. As Habermas admitted that barriers do exist within the civil society and the public sphere, the article examines the various ways of overcoming the barriers toward the full actualization of the civil society's emancipatory potential. The article shows its conceptual arguments through the use of empirical examples vis-à-vis the arguments of Habermas, and most importantly, that Habermasian insights need to be cast at the transnational level of democratic politics, rather than within the strict confines of political processes within the nation-state

Civil society · Globalization · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Social science · Sociology · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law

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