Jurgen Habermas pictured in 1981.
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German philosopher Jürgen Habermas, now 94, is a thinker of global significance. Duncan Ivison explains two of his most important ideas.
Cheryl Axleby reads the Uluru Statement from the Heart outside South Australia’s Parliament in Adelaide on March 26, after SA becomes the first state to legislate for an Indigenous Voice.
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We need a richer account of democracy within which to locate the Voice, to lift the quality of public debate about it.
Internet technologies have meant that the public sphere has now become digital, but what does that mean for its ownership?
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Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter is seen as a threat to the digital public square. International regulation is required to protect internet users’ access to democratic public spaces.