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Habermas' "public sphere" denotes:
Aprivate family domain
Bstate apparatus
Cspace of rational deliberation
Dreligious authority
Answer & Solution
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: NCERT Class 11 Political Theory — deliberative democracy__