Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit

By Jürgen Habermas

Subjects: Public interest, Sociology, Anthropology, Social history, Communication, Structure sociale, Sociologie politique, Intérêt public, Teoria politica, General, Sociology, methodology, Middle class, Social structure, Politics and culture, Regional Studies, Social aspects of Communication, Habermas, juergen, Public opinion, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Sociedade e estado, Middle classes, Social aspects, Methodology, History, Political sociology

Description: **The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society* (German: *Strukturwandel der Öffentlichkeit. Untersuchungen zu einer Kategorie der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft*) is a 1962 book by the philosopher Jürgen Habermas. It was translated into English in 1989 by Thomas Burger and Frederick Lawrence. An important contribution to modern understanding of democracy, it is notable for "transforming media studies into a hard-headed discipline." (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structural_Transformation_of_the_Public_Sphere))