Public Sphere and Experience: Toward an Analysis of the Bourgeois and Proletarian Public Sphere (Theory and History of Literature)

Text: English (translation) Original Language: German The Public Sphere As The Organization Of Collective Experience -- On The Dialectic Between The Bourgeois And The Proletarian Public Sphere -- Public-service Television: The Bourgeois Public Sphere Translated Into Modern -- Technology -- The Individual Commodity And Collections Of Commodities In The Consciousness -- Industry -- The Context Of Living As The Media Cartel's Object Of Production -- Changes In The Structure Of The Public Sphere: Capitalist Cultural Revolution - Proletarian Cultural Revolution -- Commentaries On The Concept Of Proletarian Public Sphere. Oskar Negt And Alexander Kluge ; Foreword By Miriam Hansen ; Translated By Peter Labanyi, Jamie Owen Daniel, And Assenka Oksiloff. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The “public sphere” is a key concept in political discourse, designating a space for political action. But is this a single authoritative and universal space in which various positions compete for recognition, or does it consist of multiple local spaces spread over diverse collectivities? In Kluge and Negt's groundbreaking book they examine the material conditions of experience in an arena that had previously figured only as an abstract term: the media of mass and consumer culture.With a new, up-to-date introduction from Alexander Kluge. The "public sphere" is a key concept in political discourse, designating a space for political action. But is this a single authoritative and universal space in which various positions compete for recognition, or does it consist of multiple local spaces spread over diverse collectivities? In Kluge and Negt's groundbreaking book they examine the material conditions of experience in an arena that had previously figured only as an abstract term: the media of mass and consumer culture.-- Provided by publisher Challenges the very possibility of defining the "public" in any singular or foundational manner. A classic critique of Habermas' renowned notion of the public sphere.