Conceptual Expansion of the Public Sphere from Literary and Political to Scientific

International Journal of Political Science

مقاله 4، دوره 12، شماره 3 - شماره پیاپی 35، مرداد و شهریور 2022، صفحه 55-68   

نوع مقاله: Original Article

نویسندگان

Mahmoud Mozafari¹؛ Morteza Bahrani^{* 2}؛ Nassereddinali Taghavian³

¹PhD candidate in Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

²Associate Professor, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS)

³Assistant Professor of philosophy, Institute for Social and Cultural Studies (ISCS)

چکیده

The public sphere is one of the most important explanatory and normative concepts in the field of political sociology. Addressing the public sphere is especially important because it can explain the transition from the traditional to the modern. In particular, the fundamental question here is whether it is possible to arrive at a normative understanding of the situation in Iran by addressing and analyzing the public sphere, as Habermas has described it. Our problem is a general and at the same time specific problem. There are two central concepts in Jürgen Habermas's theory of structural transformation in the general sphere. One is literary-artistic speech and the other is political-moral speech. According to Habermas, the public sphere was first formed around literary and artistic debates, and then into political and moral discourse. From then on, the public sphere became practically a focal point for criticizing the political situation; To the extent that the public sphere became a free space and the concept of public opinion was born from it. In this article, while briefly explaining the two aforementioned areas, an attempt is made to propose a third area that describes our descriptive and normative understanding of the transition to the modern situation. This third field can be called a scientific field.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Modern Society؛ Progress Issue؛ Scientific Public Sphere؛ University