Habermas' "public sphere" denotes:
- private family domain
- state apparatus
- space of rational deliberation
- religious authority
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Correct answer: C. space of rational deliberation
1. Jurgen Habermas analyzed 18th-century coffeehouses, salons.
2. Bourgeois public sphere enabled rational-critical debate.
3. Mass media transformed/degraded it (refeudalization thesis).
__Source: syllabus Political Theory — deliberative democracy__