Public sphere and social representation in Niklas Luhmann

• Grant number: 21/06965-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: December 01, 2021
• End date: November 30, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Leopoldo Garcia Pinto Waizbort
• Grantee: Emerson Rodrigues da Cunha Palmieri
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In this project, we propose a reconstruction of the concept of public sphere (Öffentlichkeit) departing from the theoretical framework of Niklas Luhmann. This reconstruction aims to expose the sociological problem of the representation of communication in modern society: we argue that modern society privileges certain types of communication over others and, based on this diagnosis, we hypothesize that this privilege guides the communicative preferences that the several society observers take for themselves when they approach different social issues. The look at the public sphere, thus, remains limited to just a few types of communication (economical and political), while ignoring others (scientific, religious, artistic, etc.). (AU)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PALMIERI, Emerson Rodrigues da Cunha. The concept of public sphere in Niklas Luhmann and the problem of the representative asymmetry. 2024. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.