The notion of Habermas’ ‘public sphere’ and its relevance to interrogations of women’s empowerment and leadership in Muslim contexts

In the light of J. Habermas’ notion of the ‘public sphere’, this paper explores how a western concept of the ‘public sphere’ can be applied to the women empowerment notion of a ‘Muslim context’ (WEMC). The following questions are asked and discussed in this paper: Can Habermas’ concept be confined...

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Main Author: Juan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2010
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/785/
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http://journalarticle.ukm.my/785/1/2.2010-1-Juan-english-1.pdf