The Public Sphere : Liberal Modernity, Catholicism, Islam

A. Salvatore

ISBN 10: 0230622313 / ISBN 13: 9780230622319

Published by Palgrave Macmillan Us Jul 2010, 2010

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Neuware - This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling historic ruptures spanning the formation and transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean world. Set against an imploding grammar of socio-political life, the modern liberal public sphere appears in a new light.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Public Sphere : Liberal Modernity, Catholicism, Islam
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Us Jul 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230622313
• ISBN 13: 9780230622319
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

This book explores conceptual and institutional developments of the notion of the public sphere in the West and in the Islamic world, tackling historic ruptures spanning the formation and transformation of the Euro-Mediterranean world. Set against an imploding grammar of socio-political life, the modern liberal public sphere appears in a new light.

About the Author

ARMANDO SALVATORE is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at Oriental Studies University, Naples, Italy and Senior Research Fellow (Heisenberg Fellow) at the Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt University, Berlin, and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities, Essen.