Coffee houses as spaces of communication

Abstract

The present article analyzes the importance of the Cafés, during the XVII and XVIII centuries, for the constitution of the Spaces of Communication. They appear as a radical transformation in the space of social mediation because, for the first time, this space is demanded particularly. The article tries to show how this change was possible, or either, how the presence of instruments such as equality, dialogue and capacity to congregate differences that were basic for its legitimating as space of social mediation. Moreover, it analyzes the private clubs and its incapacity to consist as spaces of social mediation.