The Global Public Sphere: Public Communication In The Age Of Reflective Interdependence
by Ingrid Volkmer /
2014 / English / PDF
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Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have
newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian
ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context.
However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global
public sphere is more complex. In this brilliant and provocative
book, Ingrid Volkmer argues that a reflective approach of
globalization is required in order to identify and deconstruct key
strata of deliberate public discourse in supra- and subnational
societal formations. This construction helps to understand the new
processes of legitimacy at the beginning of the 21st century in
which the traditional conception of a ‘public’ and its role as a
legitimizing force are being challenged and transformed. The book
unfolds this key phenomenon of global deliberate interconnectedness
as a discursive and negotiated dimension within ‘reflective’
globalization, i.e. continuously constituting, maintaining and
refining the ‘life’ of the global public and conceptualizes a
global public sphere.
Over the last several years, the debate about publics seems to have
newly emerged. This debate critically reflects the Habermasian
ideal of a (national) public sphere in a transnational context.
However, it seems that the issue of a reconstruction of a global
public sphere is more complex. In this brilliant and provocative
book, Ingrid Volkmer argues that a reflective approach of
globalization is required in order to identify and deconstruct key
strata of deliberate public discourse in supra- and subnational
societal formations. This construction helps to understand the new
processes of legitimacy at the beginning of the 21st century in
which the traditional conception of a ‘public’ and its role as a
legitimizing force are being challenged and transformed. The book
unfolds this key phenomenon of global deliberate interconnectedness
as a discursive and negotiated dimension within ‘reflective’
globalization, i.e. continuously constituting, maintaining and
refining the ‘life’ of the global public and conceptualizes a
global public sphere.
Offering insightful case studies to illustrate this new theory of
the global public sphere, the book will be essential reading for
students and scholars of media and communication studies , and
social and political theory.
Offering insightful case studies to illustrate this new theory of
the global public sphere, the book will be essential reading for
students and scholars of media and communication studies , and
social and political theory.
