The public sphere
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A study positions the issue of the public sphere as a phenomenon that is historically bound and culturally specific, examining the self-contradictory effects of the 'modern' Western public sphere and questioning whether the public association of self-interested or self-governing individuals might have to be theorized as a partial and insufficient solution to the social bond. A comparative perspective shows that it is not individuals but cultural forms that link people in the public sphere.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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Race science
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Race science forged a trail with rather devastating consequences around the world for about 150 years, but at the beginning of the 21st century, there is a widely shared consensus that, although there is no such thing as biological race, the intersection between science and race must not be ignored. A brief account of the rise, fall, and return of race science is presented with the suggestion that there is a need to refocus global vigilance in scholarly and political action.
Publication Name: Theory, Culture & Society
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0263-2764
Year: 2006
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