Deliberation in digital environments and toleration: rethinking the digital public sphere, with Habermas and beyond Habermas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.612101
Keywords: Digital public sphere, deliberative democracy, Jürgen Habermas, Rainer Forst, Toleration

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  • Sistema Nacional de Investigadores ANII
  • Comisión Académica de Posgrados UDELAR
  • Comisión Central de Dedicación Total UDELAR

Abstract

In this article I analyze the digital public sphere qua public sphere, including tools from the author who coined such notion, Jürgen Habermas, and published a book in 2022 that discusses the digital public sphere. I analyze the phenomenon of fragmentation —an aspect that can occur associated with diversity in digital environments—; I examine the question of the positive or negative sign of the digital public sphere for democracy, and I propose, as a theoretical tool in line with deliberation, a conceptualization of the notion of toleration that draws on the work of Rainer Forst, articulates it with the above and expands it.

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Published
01-09-2024
How to Cite
Carriquiry, A. (2024). Deliberation in digital environments and toleration: rethinking the digital public sphere, with Habermas and beyond Habermas. Daimon Revista Internacional de Filosofia, (93), 37–54. https://doi.org/10.6018/daimon.612101
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MONOGRÁFICO sobre «Diversidad y deliberación en entornos digitales». Artículos: Democracia, deliberación y tolerancia en contextos digitales