Habermas's "Public Sphere" in the Era of the French Revolution

Nathans, Benjamin

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“…As a result, they composed their own communities or groups to freely circulate their thoughts. In this perspective, salons and other societies generated the centers of critical discussion, respectively, literary and artistic works and the public policy of the state (Nathans, 1990). Moreover, he highlighted the mingling of the bourgeois intelligentsia with the nobility.…”

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Fransız Devrimi Öncesinde Toplumun İzleri: Kamusal Alanın Sac Ayakları

Aslanmirza

2021

Current Research in Social Sciences

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Examination of the mechanism of the changes in history demands to propagate into the formations in the background. Considering the political, social and structural transformations, the atmosphere in Prerevolutionary France provides a good example for the people's development under these formations which exert influence on the public sphere through freemasonry, salons, and academia. These formations can be discerned as heuristic tools through which people produce new ideas and exchange these thoughts in an intellectual environment. In light of these, the purpose of this study is to present three tenets of the public sphere in 18th century France: freemasonry, salons, and academia. As these three components correspond to the formation of a public opinion and public sphere; freemasonry, salons, and academia can be regarded as the nucleus of extensive freedom of thought and sharing. Thus, this article will display the dynamics of these three trivets and reveal how they contribute to the intellectual mindset of society.

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confidence: 98%

“…He argued that at the outset, bourgeois public sphere made itself attainable to the different layers of society through social groups, as a consequence, public sphere broadened and encompassed the "public". Hence, it became a tool between the state and the society (Nathans, 1990).…”

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confidence: 99%