Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere
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Enlightenment I - Absolutism | criticism | Enlightenment II - Private conscience |
state secrets | arts religion politics |
domestic household |
Public Sphere of rational-critical individuals |
Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? (1784)
Collision course: | |
Enlightenment I | efficiency in government |
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skilled bureaucracy centralized administration |
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Enlightenment II | question authority |
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The Estates
Public Opinion: "the Fourth Estate"
Age of Revolutions |
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