Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: The Sociosymbolic Public Sphere 1
5. 1. The Political Unconscious 11
6. 2. Modernity’s Traumas 28
7. 3. Targeting the Public Sphere 48
8. 4. The Repetition Compulsion or the Endless War on Terror 67
9. 5. Recovering Community 82
10. 6. Deliberative Democracy 108
11. 7. Feminist Theory, Politics, and Freedom 125
12. 8. Public Knowledge 141
13. 9. Three Models of Democratic Deliberation 157
14. 10. The Limits of Deliberation, Democratic Myths, New Frontiers 173
15. 11. Media and the Public Sphere 187
16. Epilogue 205
17. Notes 207
18. Works Cited 219
19. Index 227