The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe
Author | : James Van Horn Melton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2001-09-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 0521469694 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780521469692 |
Rating | : 4/5 (692 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Rise of the Public in Enlightenment Europe written by James Van Horn Melton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-06 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Melton examines the rise of the public in 18th-century Europe. A work of comparative synthesis focusing on England, France and the German-speaking territories, this a reassessment of what Habermas termed the bourgeois public sphere.