1. Society
1.1. Structural conditions
The public sphere and society (Society [community]) are closely and reciprocally related. Without the public sphere, there is no society; without society, no public sphere. Since early modern society (Early modern period) was fundamentally segmented, so was the public sphere. This segmentation was the result of linguistic, geographical, class, and gender boundaries (Estates of the realm; Inequality; Gender). These boundaries should not be thought of as “red …