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Some notes from Michael Warner, Publics and Counter-publics (2006?)
Key points from Michael Warner's Publics and Counterpublics:


1. A public is self-organized; publics do not exist apart from the discourse that addresses them
# A public is self-organized; publics do not exist apart from the discourse that addresses them
2. A public is a relation among strangers
# A public is a relation among strangers
3. The address of public speech is both personal and impersonal
# The address of public speech is both personal and impersonal
4. A public is constituted through mere attention
# A public is constituted through mere attention
5. A public is the social space created by the reflective circulation of discourse
# A public is the social space created by the reflective circulation of discourse
6. Publics act historically according to the temporality of their circulation
# Publics act historically according to the temporality of their circulation
7. A public is poetic world making
# A public is poetic world making
 
Source: Publics and Counterpublics, Chapter 2, Michael Warner (2005) [https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781890951290/publics-and-counterpublics publisher page]

Latest revision as of 12:35, 17 September 2023

Key points from Michael Warner's Publics and Counterpublics:

  1. A public is self-organized; publics do not exist apart from the discourse that addresses them
  2. A public is a relation among strangers
  3. The address of public speech is both personal and impersonal
  4. A public is constituted through mere attention
  5. A public is the social space created by the reflective circulation of discourse
  6. Publics act historically according to the temporality of their circulation
  7. A public is poetic world making

Source: Publics and Counterpublics, Chapter 2, Michael Warner (2005) publisher page