counterpublic
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4ADJ.
black, capable
VERB + COUNTERPUBLIC
form
COUNTERPUBLIC + NOUN
spheres, static
ADV.
historically
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adj
Opposing or serving as a counterbalance to the dominant public.
An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distorted communication.
noun
A group that stands in opposion to the dominant public.
In other words, with this book they form a “counterpublic” to what they saw as a dominant, adult-controlled public sphere.
It is incorrect to conceive of the black counterpublic as historically static or as ideologically cohesive at any given historical moment.
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3An account of this sort provides a historicized moral foundation for a conception of counterpublic spheres more capable of undertaking a (decentered and multifaceted) critique of systematically distor
WiktionaryIn other words, with this book they form a “counterpublic” to what they saw as a dominant, adult-controlled public sphere.
WiktionaryIt is incorrect to conceive of the black counterpublic as historically static or as ideologically cohesive at any given historical moment.
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