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Public sphere: The public sphere is a abstract space where people can come together to discuss and debate issues of public concern, where public opinion can be formed and where citizens can hold their government accountable. See also Society, Community, Democracy, Deliberative Democraty, Social Media, Media. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Carl Schmitt on Public Sphere - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 166 Public Sphere/Schmitt: Schmitt does not deny the civilizing (moderating and balancing) power of political public and discussion, but he doubts that these principles still have their actual place beyond the constitutional dualism of monarchical executive and parliamentary legislature in parliament. >Parliamentary system, >Constitution. Already with Condorcet (1), an author of the French Revolution, he dates a reversal of the liberal balance of powers and a turn to "absolute rationalism". >Condorcet, >Rationalism. 1. Carl Schmitt, Die geistesgeschichtliche Lage des heutigen Parlamentarismus, in: Bonner Festgabe für Ernst Zitelmann zum fünfzigjährigen Doktorjubiläum, München/Leipzig 1923, 413-473. Separatveröffentlichung in der Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Abhandlungen und Reden zur Philosophie, Politik und Geistesgeschichte, Bd. 1, München/Leipzig 1923. Zweite, erweiterte Auflage 1926. S. 57. Reinhard Mehring, Carl Schmitt, Die geistesgeschichtliche Lage des heutigen Parlamentarismus (1923), in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Schmitt I Carl Schmitt Der Hüter der Verfassung Tübingen 1931 Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |