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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: On the Philosophy of the City; Part I. CITY CONCEPTS: Places, Processes, Structures; Chapter 1. Capitalism, Form and the Philosophy of the Urban; Chapter 2. The Discourse of the City; Chapter 3. The City as Wild; Chapter 4. Urban Time and the City as Event; Chapter 5. The Immanent City; Part II. CITY LANDSCAPES: Experience, History, Identity; Chapter 6. Solar Le Corbusier; Chapter 7. Escaping Mediocrity: Renaissance Florence and the Rejection of the City; Chapter 8. Justice as the Urban Everyday |
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Chapter 9. Gardens, Cities and Timescapes in South AsiaChapter 10. A Vertical Melbourne; Chapter 11. The City's Other Face: Modern Ruins and Urban Endings; Part III. CITY FUTURES: Power, Risk, Value; Chapter 12. Beyond Differences of Race, Religion, Class: Making Urban Subjects; Chapter 13. Cities Remade: On Deciding the Fate of Building in the City; Chapter 14. The City as a Construct of Risk and Security; Chapter 15. Philosophies of Commensuration, Value and Worth in the Future City: Rethinking the Interdisciplinary |
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Chapter 16. Multiplying Resistance: The Power of the Urban in the Age of National RevanchismChapter 17. Urban Futures and The Dark Enlightenment: A Brief Guide for the Perplexed; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
This volume provides an invaluable resource for advanced-level students of place and space in philosophy, geography, sociology and urban studies. It includes coverage of all the major terms, theories and concepts, examines specific cities and historical contexts, and explores future directions for a philosophy of the city |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2019) |
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Place (Philosophy)
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Space.
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HISTORY -- World.
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Place (Philosophy)
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Space
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jacobs, Keith, 1960- editor.
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Malpas, Jeff, editor.
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| LC no. |
2019009639 |
| ISBN |
9781786604613 |
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1786604612 |
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