Epistolary Rhetoric, the Newspaper, and the Public Sphere
David Randall
Habermas's The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere begins with an analysis how public sphere was constituted in ancient Greece: In fully developed Greek city-state polis, which common (koine) to free citizens, strictly separated from oikos; oikos, each individual is his own realm (idia). life, bios politikos, went on market place (agora), but course this did not mean that it occurred necessarily only specific locale. discussion (lexis), could also assume forms consultation and sitting court law, as well action (praxis), be waging war or competition athletic games.1
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