Public Domain And Lifestyle

Through analying Arendt's idea of public sphere, This thesis, has tried to explore the meaning of public sphere on the positive modern way of life.Concentrating on the existent way of modern people, Arendt's reflection of the public sphere issue constantly ran through the retrospects of conditions and possibilities of human beings. Some impoetant political and ethical issues concerning these retrospects included: depend on what a man can become a man; whether there is a possibility for a man to get better;whether public goodness resides among people;how can people better get along with each other; how can people establish public room when having enough and free private room; the sense of positive politic participation for modern people and so on. Public sphere is a way of human's existence while politics is a way of life fundamentally meaningful for human. Only when citizens have positively participated in political issues can they be regarded as modern people. Participation in public life is not only a way of life but also a way of self-shaping of modern people. Citizen's participation is the essence of democratic system.