The genealogy of the public sphere
The notion of the public sphere as the "third sphere" of society
Axial traditions and the tradition of modernity
The interlocking genealogies of traditions and modernity
Religion, civilization, and the redefinition of tradition
The micro-dimension of tradition and its relation to civilization
"Religion" and axial transformations
Transcendence, prophecy, and philosophy
Bridging imagination, practice, and discourse
Tradition, practice, and "communicative action"
Tradition as life form and discourse
Tradition and habitus
The public reason of the commoner
From res publica to respublica christiana: an axial renaissance?
Yoking practical rationality to justice
From the monastery to the civitas
The collective pursuit of public weal
Tradition-making in Islam and the role of jurisprudence
The challenge of pietistic movements
The triumph of phronesis and the sunset of the axial renaissance
The implosion of traditions and the redefinition of common sense
Reconstructing res publica: an axial enlightenment?
From poetic imagination through jurisprudential practice to public discourse
Across the modern breakthrough: the spiral ricorso of tradition
The modern public sphere: transforming practical reason into prudential communication
The private and the public spheres
Faith into trust?
The "habermas effect"
Conclusion
After genealogy: towards a pluralist theory of the public sphere
Axial traditions and the Anglo-American tradition
The complex genealogy of the public sphere
Reconstructing alternative approaches to the public sphere.
The public sphere : liberal modernity, Catholicism, Islam by Armando Salvatore. ISBN 9781403974730. Published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.