TY - JOUR TI - Public Traces in Pre-Revolutionary France: Trivets of the Public Sphere AB - Examination of the mechanism of the changes in history demands to propagate into the formations in the background. Considering the political, social and structural transformations, the atmosphere in Pre- revolutionary France provides a good example for the people’s development under these formations which exert influence on the public sphere through freemasonry, salons, and academia. These formations can be discerned as heuristic tools through which people produce new ideas and exchange these thoughts in an intellectual environment. In light of these, the purpose of this study is to present three tenets of the public sphere in 18th century France: freemasonry, salons, and academia. As these three components correspond to the formation of a public opinion and public sphere; freemasonry, salons, and academia can be regarded as the nucleus of extensive freedom of thought and sharing. Thus, this article will display the dynamics of these three trive AU - ASLANMİRZA, Özge PY - 2021 JO - Current Research in Social Sciences VL - 7 IS - 1 SN - 2149-1488 SP - 23 EP - 30 DB - TRDizin UR - http://search/yayin/detay/469661 ER -