This study is about new media, the crisis of democracy and political renewal. It asks: What is the political? How can we understand politics in a network age? C

Here, for the first time in English, is volume one of Jurgen Habermas's long-awaited magnum opus: The Theory of Communicative Action. This pathbreaking work is

‘An authoritative analysis of the role of communication in contemporary capitalism and an important contribution to debates about the forms of domination and