Public realm and freedom in the thought of Julien Freund

Abstract

Private is commonly seen as the space of freedom and individual rights, while the public realm is seen as the space of political domination; that is why it is necessary to study what the relationship between freedom and the public realm really is. In this sence, it is appropriate to review the thinking of contemporary authors such as Julien Freund, who think  freedom  and the public realm taking distance from the traditional liberal thought that  has determined the current view of the two abovementioned areas. In Freund public is free space in the political arena, and guarantee for the freedom on the other areas of people’s life.