PUBLIC SECRETS.

The widely-observed degradation of the public sphere in the ‘Western democracies’ has been accompanied by a proliferation of secrecy and secrets of different types. From the ‘privatisation’ of social life to the worrying trend towards unaccountable government, sites for the public legitimation of sh...

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Published in:	Cultural Studies Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 22 - 42
Main Author:	Gilbert, Jeremy
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2007
Subjects:	Public sphere Civil society Secrecy Privacy Manners & customs Economics Philosophy Solipsism Cultural studies
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost