Patrick O’Mahony is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. His work has been dedicated for many years to clarifying fundamental normative and empirical-theoretical dimensions of public discourse and public culture, in fields such as nationalism and trans-nationalism, the environment, and science and technology.

«This is a substantial and important work not only of exegesis and synthesis but also of conceptual development extending along the lines of Habermas’s revisions of the 1990s. A close reading of this text by media scholars would undoubtedly prove beneficial not only in helping to tighten up how the public sphere is used as a concept but also in terms of reframing how we conceive of the public sphere operating in contemporary societies.» (Michael Pickering, European Journal of Communication 29, 2014)

• Contents: Normative Theories of Democracy, Communication, and the Public Sphere – Habermas, Democracy, and Public Culture – Cognitive Sociology, Collective Learning, and the Public Sphere – Democratic Communication, the Cognitive Order, and the Public Sphere.

Patrick O’Mahony is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. His work has been dedicated for many years to clarifying fundamental normative and empirical-theoretical dimensions of public discourse and public culture, in fields such as nationalism and trans-nationalism, the environment, and science and technology.

«This is a substantial and important work not only of exegesis and synthesis but also of conceptual development extending along the lines of Habermas’s revisions of the 1990s. A close reading of this text by media scholars would undoubtedly prove beneficial not only in helping to tighten up how the public sphere is used as a concept but also in terms of reframing how we conceive of the public sphere operating in contemporary societies.» (Michael Pickering, European Journal of Communication 29, 2014)

• Contents: Normative Theories of Democracy, Communication, and the Public Sphere – Habermas, Democracy, and Public Culture – Cognitive Sociology, Collective Learning, and the Public Sphere – Democratic Communication, the Cognitive Order, and the Public Sphere.

Patrick O’Mahony is Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Sociology and Philosophy at University College Cork, Ireland. His work has been dedicated for many years to clarifying fundamental normative and empirical-theoretical dimensions of public discourse and public culture, in fields such as nationalism and trans-nationalism, the environment, and science and technology.

«This is a substantial and important work not only of exegesis and synthesis but also of conceptual development extending along the lines of Habermas’s revisions of the 1990s. A close reading of this text by media scholars would undoubtedly prove beneficial not only in helping to tighten up how the public sphere is used as a concept but also in terms of reframing how we conceive of the public sphere operating in contemporary societies.» (Michael Pickering, European Journal of Communication 29, 2014)

• Contents: Normative Theories of Democracy, Communication, and the Public Sphere – Habermas, Democracy, and Public Culture – Cognitive Sociology, Collective Learning, and the Public Sphere – Democratic Communication, the Cognitive Order, and the Public Sphere.