Disqualification of the Debate on the Equal Rights Amendment from the Public Sphere

Foss is baffled by Alan Gross's contribution to the forum commemorating Jurgen Habermas's work both because he went back to articles published in 1979 to find evidence for his claim and also because of the claim itself. As far as she can tell, Gross's primary claim concerning the cont...

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Published in:Argumentation and Advocacy 2013-01, Vol.49 (3), p.232-233
Main Author: Foss, Sonja K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Constitutional amendments
Equality
Gross, Alan
Habermas, Jurgen
Philosophers
Women
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Summary:Foss is baffled by Alan Gross's contribution to the forum commemorating Jurgen Habermas's work both because he went back to articles published in 1979 to find evidence for his claim and also because of the claim itself. As far as she can tell, Gross's primary claim concerning the controversy over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is that there was an "absence of public debate" on the Amendment. It was a vibrant debate that took place in Congress, state legislatures, political organizations, churches, bars and restaurants, and popular magazines and scholarly journals. It involved an issue of "common concern"--the nature of the rights of women accorded by the state, which would affect how women and men would live together in public arenas. Here, she cites two reasons why Gross doesn't believe that it would fit Habermas's model of debate in the public sphere.
ISSN:0002-8533
1051-1431
2576-8476
DOI:10.1080/00028533.2013.11821797