Correlates of Jurgen Habermas 's Public Sphere in Afro - Nigerian Contexts
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https://doi.org/10.46881/ajh.v1i1.45Keywords:
Public Sphere, Cultural Relativity, Structural Transformation, Access, Communicative, ActionAbstract
It is usual for some theories and ideas which enjoy universal acclaim to run foul of allegationof cultural relativity. While it is sometimes ~n acceptable norm research to proceed from the inductive sphere o.flogic (via the particular general),there is often a limit to the extent o.fiJ!ferences or generalizations intellectuaflreedom will guarantee Jurgen Habermas's seminal work Transformation 0/ the Public Sphere. in spite of its acclamation intellectual circle. suffers some sorts of oversight in African. alheit, Nigerian contexts. This paper explores the cultural dimensions and parallels elements of Haber mas' public sphere in the African and Nigerian contexts.
cuncludes that in spite of its seeming cuLturally reLativistic stance, Habermas's thoughts0/1 thepubLic sphere are as germane to traditionaL cuLtures o.fthe South asthey are to tlze North.
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