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HARTMUT WESSLER is Professor of Mass Communication at Jacobs University Bremen, Germany. He is the co-author of Transnationalization of Public Spheres, and writes on the media and the public sphere.

BERNHARD PETERS (1949-2005) was Professor of Political Theory at the University of Bremen, Germany. He completed his PhD with Jürgen Habermas, and wrote widely on the public sphere and political theory.

Offering original insights on the prospects for a European, or even global, public sphere, this volume offers the writings of the original thinker Bernhard Peters (1949-2005) in English for the first time. Includes an introduction by the editor that outlines the importance of Peters' work and a preface by Jurgen Habermas.

Preface--J.Habermas
• Study of the Public Sphere: Bernhard Peters' Interest and Contribution--H.Wessler & L.Wingert
• PART 1: PUBLIC SPHERE AND PUBLIC DISCOURSE: BASIC CONCEPTS AND QUESTIONS
• Law, State and the Political Public Sphere--B.Peters
• The Meaning of the Public Sphere--B.Peters
• On Public Deliberation and Public Culture: B.Peters
• PART 2: FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC DELIBERATION
• Functional Capacity--B.Peters
• Contemporary Journalism and its Contribution to a Discursive Public Sphere--B.Peters, T.Schultz & A.Wimmel
• "Red Biotechnology" in Media Debate--B.Peters, H.Wessler, M.Ecker-Ehrhardt, C.Dereje & M.Sindram
• PART 3: TRANSNATIONALISATION AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY
• National and Transnational Public Spheres--B.Peters
• Segmented Europeanisation. Trends and Patterns in the Transnationalisation of Public Spheres in Europe--M.Brüggemann, S.Sifft, K. Kleinen-von Königslöw, B.Peters & A.Wimmel
• Public Discourse, Identity and the Problem of Democratic Legitimacy--B.Peters