Habermas: The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere

In this video, I look at Jurgen Habermas' book, the Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere, and its consequences today, especially in relation to questions about the internet.

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'Is That You or Are You You?' by Chris Zabriskie

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[hanumania]

Thank you for this valuable commentary. (Background music super distracting)

[codycurtin]

Your (contemporary as of 3 years ago) videos got me through so many papers in my undergrad. Still, now I am working on my Master's in media studies so the theorists are getting more and more complex and I find myself back where I started, with this channel! You do such a great job explaining things and to see you have a Habermas video just saved my ass.

[sadywootten]

Love the music from Habermas' album 'Live At the Public Sphere'!

[bluehampar]

I hade completely misunderstood the concept of refeudalization. This made things alot clearer but also messy for the things i'm doing
Thanks for a good explanation

[mariakristinasmith]

This is really well explained; love it! I do have one suggestion: would be great if you could leave a link or two to scholary works about this subject (would be a great help to students)

[Superjosh]

I had to do a project on Habermas and this video was extremely informative

[frankwalley]

Sooo informative, thank you for this! Really helps me with my PHIL 3500 course on ideology!!

[henrygoldman]

I'm impressed with the quality of this video. It's a great introduction to the subject.

[alexjupiter]

This was awesome. Thank you so much for this! Please keep this up.

[jasjay]

pretty cool dude. A great weave of theory and history without overburdening the other.

[asif]

The background music only serves as a distraction. You should re-upload these videos without the music. Great content, you got me hooked to your channel.

[mitchellkato]

No one has said this out right, but language is the ultimate technology. Therefore as the video points out, in the evolution of the society the power that the printing publisher took was very notable. Perhaps its a platonic divide between the writer (an individual) and the reader (the mass) becomes even more significant. And there is a complex socio-typography that influences throughout the circulation of language. For example, usually the bible will have a very bible like typography. Language is never a medium free technology. So there will be a web like communication of language. While the bible and classical language will be extended in more organic fashion. Present language will have complexity that will be perhaps called socio-textuality. This video (Habermas) has captured a historical progression. But then we could always slice this world in the way most interesting.

[ILoveMagic]

Thank you so much for this! Please, please, please make more Habermas videos, e.g. about The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity and The Theory of Communicative Reason. I think Habermas is needed more than ever in this day and age.

[mariamihaelo]

As an ADHD folk who can't study from notes, thank you so much!

[stevepowsinger]

Well, I’m not impressed with Habermas’ overall theory but he makes some good points. — A very messy situation of verticals and horizontals of various type groups....I can say that my father was a newspaper editor from the thirties to the mid sixties and dealing with various autocratic publishers was a constant source of anger and frustration for him leading to his self-destruction.

[MrGatsypie]

I don't mind the music... Great content.

[charloot]

I’m about to finish an essay on this, it’s been really interesting to learn about.

[Knowledgebrief]

This is a great video. Thankyou very much!

[josealonso]

Thank you for creating this video. It has helped me lots.

[bradapotamus]

The most relevant philosophy of the modern age.