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The opinion system : impasses of the public sphere from Hobbes to Habermas

Title
The opinion system : impasses of the public sphere from Hobbes to Habermas / Kirk Wetters.
Author
Wetters, Kirk.
Publication
New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.

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Description
xvi, 292 p.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index.
Contents
Fama and fatum in Virgil's Aeneid -- Manifestations of the public sphere in Christoph Martin Wieland -- Nomos, Gnomae (the council of war) -- Representation and opinion (Koselleck, Habermas, Derrida) -- Politics and belief (the parable of the sower) -- The opinion system and the re-formation of the individual (Hobbes, Locke, Mendelssohn, Fichte, and Goethe) -- Polystrophon gnoman (Pindar and Hölderlin) -- Lichtenberg's "opinions-system" (Meinungen-system).
Call Number
JFE 09-30
ISBN
  • 9780823229888 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0823229882 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008016403
OCLC
226291728
Author
Wetters, Kirk.
Title
The opinion system : impasses of the public sphere from Hobbes to Habermas / Kirk Wetters.
Imprint
New York : Fordham University Press, 2008.
Edition
1st ed.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-283) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 09-30
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