The public sphere of democracy and the wisdom tradition

The essay addresses contemporary trends in modern democracy, especially focusing on the transformation of the public sphere. It seeks to answer the following question: how can we strengthen ideologically diverse spaces of public discourse today in light of the social trends toward homophily and echo...

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1. VerfasserIn: Peterson, Paul Silas 1979- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2022
In: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Jahr: 2022, Band: 8, Heft: 1, Seiten: 133-158
weitere Schlagwörter:B Jürgen Habermas
B John Rawls
B Public Sphere
B wisdom tradition
B Democracy
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Zusammenfassung:The essay addresses contemporary trends in modern democracy, especially focusing on the transformation of the public sphere. It seeks to answer the following question: how can we strengthen ideologically diverse spaces of public discourse today in light of the social trends toward homophily and echo chambers? Specifically, it addresses the way in which modern political discourse has been transformed by social media and broader social and economic trends. Furthermore, it raises questions about the future challenges of discourse ethics and ideal conceptions of overlapping consensus in our contemporary context of pluralism. The role of the media in this broad public sphere is also addressed. An ideal-type conception of the wisdom tradition, one which can strengthen the channels of communication, is offered as a response to these trends. It is a pattern of thought capable of embracing the ambiguity.
ISSN:2364-2807
Enthält:Enthalten in: Interdisciplinary journal for religion and transformation in contemporary society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10041