Concept of the Public Realm

Noel O’Sullivan is Research Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Hull. His most recent book is European Political Thought since 1945 (Palgrave, 2004). Other books include the monographs The Problem of Political Obligation (1987), Conservatism (Everyman, 1976), Fascism (Everyman, 1983), and The Philosophy of Santayana (Claridge Press, 1992). He is editor of the series Oakeshott Studies for the Imprint Academic Press. His work has been translated into Chinese, Italian, Dutch, Czech and Spanish.

• Introduction Noel O'Sullivan Part 1 The public, the private and the political in Western political theory 1. Reconsidering the private-public distinction Gurpreet Mahajan 2. The concepts of the public, the private and the political in contemporary Western political theory Noel O’Sullivan 3. Disagreement without reconciliation: Democracy, equality and the public realm Benjamin Arditi 4. Languages of political support: Engaging with the public realm Michael Freeden Part 2 Arendt, Habermas and Schmitt on the nature of the public realm 5. Hannah Arendt: the risks of the public realm Elizabeth Frazer 6. Habermas’ Öffentlichkeit: A reception history Charles Turner 7. Virtual pluralities and polemical opposition: Carl Schmitt and the staging of a people Kam Shapiro Part 3 Contemporary challenges to the concept of the public realm 8. Gender, culture and the politics of identity in the public realm Andrea Baumeister 9. The public realm, trust and the politics of identity Matthew Festenstein 10. Globalization and the public realm Terry Nardin Part 4 The concept of the public realm in non-Western culture: the case of India 11. Private and public spheres in India Bhikhu Parekh