The Internet Soapbox

The book reviews recent Internet research and political theory in search for a theoretically "cool-headed" perspectives on the current public political spaces in advanced societies. Aspects of the political theories of J. Rawls and J. Habermas are discussed and contrasted with contestation-oriented theories. In light of how the Internet takes part in structurally transforming the public sphere, the book draws on sociological and realist insights in order to encircle a more realist view. It briefly reconsiders such strange bedfellows as sociological systems theory (Niklas Luhmann) and political realism (eg. Bernard Williams). Free Open Access book published by Universitetsforlaget. Please see link below (lenke til boka)