Public sphere, postmodernism and polemic.

The argument in favor of a revised concept of the public sphere, wherein plurality and differences are preferred over consensus, is criticized as a thinly disguised polemic against critical theory, as it is neither decisive nor extensive. Such criticism is attributed to a close identification of public realm theory with Jurgen Habermas' polemical stance. This has led to a misunderstanding of the discussion meant to facilitate between public sphere and postmodernism.

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There are the sterilizing effects: Has anyone ever seen a new idea come out of a polemic?--Michel Foucault, Polemics, ...

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