Lieven De Cauter / Michiel Dehaene (eds.)

Heterotopia and the City

Public Space in a Postcivil Society
Herausgeber: Dehaene, Michiel; De Cauter, Lieven

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Produktbeschreibung

Heterotopia and the City offers new explorations of Foucault's concept of 'heterotopia'. The book brings together a new translation of Foucault's seminal essay with case studies from academics across the globe, investigating how heterotopia has influenced our contemporary urban spaces.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780415422888
• ISBN-10: 0415422884
• Artikelnr.: 25006660

Autorenporträt

Michiel Dehaene is Lecturer in Urbanism at the Eindhoven University of Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven. His work focuses on the epistemology of urbanism, dispersed urbanization and the interrelation between formal and informal modes of development. Lieven De Cauter studied Philosophy and History of Art. He teaches at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven, the media school RITS and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. He has published books on contemporary art, modernity, architecture, on the city and politics.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Heterotopology: 'A Science in the Making' Part 2: Heterotopia
Revisited Part 3: The Mall as Agora: The Agora as Mall Part 4: Dwelling in
a Postcivil Society Part 5: Terrains Vagues: Transgression and Urban
Activism Part 6: Heterotopia in the Splintering Metropolis Part 7:
Heterotopia After the Polis