Walter Lippmann’s Ethical Challenge to the Individual

Walter Lippmann’s Ethical Challenge to the Individual

This essay analyzes in hermeneutic fashion random concepts of the individual from three of philosopher Walter Lippmann’s major works, Liberty and the News , Public Opinion , and The Phantom Public . The article addresses the following: By considering Lippmann’s multileveled representation of the ind...

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Main Author: Steve Urbanski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012440812
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