Cities of power. City, nation, people, global
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In this brilliant and original study of the policy and values of urban landscapes, the leading sociologist Yoran Tertborn conducts a tour of the most important capitals of the world, showing how they were formed by national, folk and global forces. He analyzes the global moments of cities, historical globalized nationalism and the cities of modern global capitalism of images with their all kinds of skyscrapers, closed communities and ostentatious novelty.
Dirgining the topics that vary from the evolution of modernist architecture to the return of urban revolutions, and combining the consideration of politics, sociology, urban planning, architecture and urban iconography, Terborn casts into question the established ideas about the sources, manifestations and volume of cities. He defends the idea that strong ties are maintained between the city and the state at the moment when it seems that they were separated from each other, and today"s globalization of cities is largely driven by the global aspirations of politicians, as well as national and local capital.
Thanks to the wealth of urban observations collected on all inhabited continents, a unique systematic approach covering both Washington or Revolutionary Paris, as well as the brilliant capital of Kazakhstan to Astana, as well as an acute and multilateral analysis of the “city of power” forces us to rethink our city future, as well as historically established present.
The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers
Dirgining the topics that vary from the evolution of modernist architecture to the return of urban revolutions, and combining the consideration of politics, sociology, urban planning, architecture and urban iconography, Terborn casts into question the established ideas about the sources, manifestations and volume of cities. He defends the idea that strong ties are maintained between the city and the state at the moment when it seems that they were separated from each other, and today"s globalization of cities is largely driven by the global aspirations of politicians, as well as national and local capital.
Thanks to the wealth of urban observations collected on all inhabited continents, a unique systematic approach covering both Washington or Revolutionary Paris, as well as the brilliant capital of Kazakhstan to Astana, as well as an acute and multilateral analysis of the “city of power” forces us to rethink our city future, as well as historically established present.
The book is addressed to a wide circle of readers
Author:
Author:Terborne Yoran
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Education & Teaching
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Series:
Series: Social theory
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-7598-1787-1
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