are coffee houses considered habermas sphere
Aryeh Istrin
CUOT 1010
Professor Levin
10 November, 2014
Do Contemporary Coffeehouses Function as a Habermasian "Public Sphere"? In the mid 1700 's coffeehouses began to be a place where many people could come and gather not only to sit and drink coffee but rather to socialize, carry out business , talk politics, and current events. The English coffeehouses were a prime example of what Jurgen Habermas 's had in mind of what is a public sphere. According to Habermas, a public sphere is a place where one can have the freedom to speak his mind and everyone is accepted regardless of their rank. Another idea of Habermas 's public sphere was to be able to talk politics in freedom, therefore the English coffeehouse were a perfect example of a public sphere. This is because anyone could go into a coffee shop and there were a lot of gossipers who went there to talk about the current events. A great benefit of coffeehouses were that it was a relatively quiet place with respect to the marketplace making it a very conducive environment for talking business and overall socializing. Occasionally, these coffee shop would also have alcohol, which would lead to some brawls here and there and aid in opening people up to truly speak one 's mind. Coffeehouses nowadays are similar to the ideals that made Habermas believe that an English coffeehouse in the mid seventeen hundreds fit his mold of a public sphere. Overall coffeehouses today are similar to Habermas 's public sphere in the area of anyone can come in to speak what they want and conduct business, but they differ in the area of talking politics. Although there are some differences in contemporary coffee shop, in this day and age coffee shops by and large share many similarities to the ideal public sphere with respect the fact that everyone is accepted. To go even further today women are allowed to go into the shops making for an even more inclusive public sphere. In trying to establish if a coffee shop
CUOT 1010
Professor Levin
10 November, 2014
Do Contemporary Coffeehouses Function as a Habermasian "Public Sphere"? In the mid 1700 's coffeehouses began to be a place where many people could come and gather not only to sit and drink coffee but rather to socialize, carry out business , talk politics, and current events. The English coffeehouses were a prime example of what Jurgen Habermas 's had in mind of what is a public sphere. According to Habermas, a public sphere is a place where one can have the freedom to speak his mind and everyone is accepted regardless of their rank. Another idea of Habermas 's public sphere was to be able to talk politics in freedom, therefore the English coffeehouse were a perfect example of a public sphere. This is because anyone could go into a coffee shop and there were a lot of gossipers who went there to talk about the current events. A great benefit of coffeehouses were that it was a relatively quiet place with respect to the marketplace making it a very conducive environment for talking business and overall socializing. Occasionally, these coffee shop would also have alcohol, which would lead to some brawls here and there and aid in opening people up to truly speak one 's mind. Coffeehouses nowadays are similar to the ideals that made Habermas believe that an English coffeehouse in the mid seventeen hundreds fit his mold of a public sphere. Overall coffeehouses today are similar to Habermas 's public sphere in the area of anyone can come in to speak what they want and conduct business, but they differ in the area of talking politics. Although there are some differences in contemporary coffee shop, in this day and age coffee shops by and large share many similarities to the ideal public sphere with respect the fact that everyone is accepted. To go even further today women are allowed to go into the shops making for an even more inclusive public sphere. In trying to establish if a coffee shop