"Why is this such a vital study? Its significance rests in its
analysis of one of the central notions on which both our political
life and our political theories rests: 'public opinion.'
Presidential candidates worry about it, the press talks about it,
political scientists try to measure it, but Habermas is one of the
few people to have actually sat down and tried to "think "about it
to ask what it means to have an 'opinion that is not private, not
idiosyncratic, but rather 'public.'"--James Schmidt, Boston
University
& quot; Why is this such a vital study? Its significance rests in
its analysis of one of the central notions on which both our
political life and our political theories rests: 'public opinion.'
Presidential candidates worry about it, the press talks about it,
political scientists try to measure it, but Habermas is one of the
few people to have actually sat down and tried to think about it to
ask what it means to have an 'opinion that is not private, not
idiosyncratic, but rather 'public.'& quot; -- James Schmidt, Boston
University
" Why is this such a vital study? Its significance rests in its
analysis of one of the central notions on which both our political
life and our political theories rests: 'public opinion.'
Presidential candidates worry about it, the press talks about it,
political scientists try to measure it, but Habermas is one of the
few people to have actually sat down and tried to "think "about it
to ask what it means to have an 'opinion that is not private, not
idiosyncratic, but rather 'public.'" -- James Schmidt, Boston
University
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