Post-Familial Communes in Germany

摘要

Once upon a time, there seemed to be no question about the definition of "private" and "public." A single-family home or apartment was private space, while a square in front of city hall was public space. Business dealings took place in the office, on the street-in public space. The house, and the bedroom in particular, were places of refuge, intimacy-interior, private life. The revolution in communication technology and changes in the law have bollixed this arrangement to the point that these previously definable concepts are crumbling at the edges.