https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/Habermas-in-the-public-sphere https://booksandideas.net/Habermas-in-the-public-sphere 2019-02-28T07:00:00Z text/html en Clotilde Nouët Philosophy History communication critique public sphere action biography Institut français political philosophy <p>In this intellectual portrait of the enfant terrible of the Frankfurt School, S. Müller-Doohm presents us with an indefatigable polemicist whose various stands have marked the last fifty years. This first ever biography of Habermas also takes us through post-war German history.</p> https://booksandideas.net/A-Stroll-through-Public-Space https://booksandideas.net/A-Stroll-through-Public-Space 2013-06-03T14:23:47Z text/html en Sophie Body-Gendrot Society city public sphere Institut français <p>Urban philosopher Thierry Paquot's synthetic work maps out the historical development of the notion of public space. It highlights the diverse representations and uses of the public which structure citizens' lives, with a fair share of hesitations and conflicts.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Mobile-Phones-and-Politics-in https://booksandideas.net/Mobile-Phones-and-Politics-in 2013-03-28T08:00:00Z text/html en Jun Liu Society media democracy China public sphere <p>The penetration of mobile phones in Chinese daily life has made collective actions easier to organize and challenged government censorship. Highlighting this new form of communication, the following essay shows how the traditional mass media's role as gatekeeper is waning.</p>