After Habermas: new perspectives on the public sphere

Introduction: John Michael Roberts and Nick Crossley. 1. Wild Publics and Grotesque Symposiums: Habermas and Bahktin on Dialogue, Everyday Life and the Public Sphere: Michael. E. Gardiner (Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, Canada). 2. Justice and Drama: On Bakhtin as a Complement to Habermas: Ken Hirschkop (Department of English and American Studies, University of Manchester, UK). 3. John Stuart Mill, Free Speech and the Public Sphere: A Bakhtinian Critique: John Michael Roberts (Department of Sociology, University of Leeds, UK). 4. On Systematically Distorted Communication: Bourdieu and the Socio--Analysis of Publics: Nick Crossley (Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK). 5. Habermas and Social Movements -- What's New?: Gemma Edwards (Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, UK). 6. Expanding Dialogue: the Internet, the Public Sphere and Prospects for Transnational Democracy: James Bohman (Department of Philosophy, St Louis University, USA). 7. Feminism and the Political Economy of Transnational Public Space: Lisa McLaughlin. Notes on contributors. Index.