Public Space and DemocracyMarcel Hénaff, Tracy B. Strong Moving from classical Greece to the present, Public Space and Democracy provides both historical accounts and a comparative analytical framework for understanding public space both as a place and as a product of various media, from speech to the Internet. These essays make a powerful case for thinking of modern technological developments not as the end of public space, but as an opportunity for reframing the idea of the public and of the public space as the locus of power. |
Contents
Public Space and Political Autonomy in Early Greek Cities | 41 |
Reason and Representation in Hobbes | 53 |
Representation of Power Power of Representation | 66 |
Popular Societies in | 79 |
Aristophanes in America | 95 |
Stages of Democracy | 129 |
Theatricality in the Public Realm of Hannah Arendt | 144 |
An Approach to the Question | 172 |
Writing Property and Power | 189 |
Arresting Suburban Sprawl | 201 |
Public Space Virtual Space and Democracy | 221 |
Contributors | 231 |
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