The Resource The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization, Andy Merrifield
The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization, Andy Merrifield
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- Summary
- "The Politics of the Encounter is a spirited interrogation of the city as a site of both theoretical inquiry and global social struggle. The city, writes Andy Merrifield, remains "important, virtually and materially, for progressive politics." And yet, he notes, more than forty years have passed since Henri Lefebvre advanced the powerful ideas that still undergird much of our thinking about urbanization and urban society. Merrifield rethinks the city in light of the vast changes to our planet since 1970, when Lefebvre's seminal Urban Revolution was first published. At the same time, he expands on Lefebvre's notion of "the right to the city," which was first conceived in the wake of the 1968 student uprising in Paris. We need to think less of cities as "entities with borders and clear demarcations between what's inside and what's outside" and emphasize instead the effects of "planetary urbanization," a concept of Lefebvre's that Merrifield makes relevant for the ways we now experience the urban. The city--from Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street--seems to be the critical zone in which a new social protest is unfolding, yet dissenters' aspirations are transcending the scale of the city physically and philosophically. Consequently, we must shift our perspective from "the right to the city" to "the politics of the encounter," says Merrifield. We must ask how revolutionary crowds form, where they draw their energies from, what kind of spaces they occur in--and what kind of new spaces they produce."--Publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxi, 161 pages
- Contents
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- The final frontier: planetary urbanization
- Here comes everybody: problematizing the right to the city
- The urban consolidates: centrality and citizenship
- The politics of the encounter
- The planetary urbanization of non-work
- Revolutionary rehearsals?
- Imaginary pragmatics and the enigma of revolt
- Isbn
- 9780820345307
- Label
- The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization
- Title
- The politics of the encounter
- Title remainder
- urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization
- Statement of responsibility
- Andy Merrifield
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Politics of the Encounter is a spirited interrogation of the city as a site of both theoretical inquiry and global social struggle. The city, writes Andy Merrifield, remains "important, virtually and materially, for progressive politics." And yet, he notes, more than forty years have passed since Henri Lefebvre advanced the powerful ideas that still undergird much of our thinking about urbanization and urban society. Merrifield rethinks the city in light of the vast changes to our planet since 1970, when Lefebvre's seminal Urban Revolution was first published. At the same time, he expands on Lefebvre's notion of "the right to the city," which was first conceived in the wake of the 1968 student uprising in Paris. We need to think less of cities as "entities with borders and clear demarcations between what's inside and what's outside" and emphasize instead the effects of "planetary urbanization," a concept of Lefebvre's that Merrifield makes relevant for the ways we now experience the urban. The city--from Tahrir Square to Occupy Wall Street--seems to be the critical zone in which a new social protest is unfolding, yet dissenters' aspirations are transcending the scale of the city physically and philosophically. Consequently, we must shift our perspective from "the right to the city" to "the politics of the encounter," says Merrifield. We must ask how revolutionary crowds form, where they draw their energies from, what kind of spaces they occur in--and what kind of new spaces they produce."--Publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Merrifield, Andy
- Dewey number
- 307.76
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HT151
- LC item number
- .M445 2013
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Geographies of justice and social transformation
- Series volume
- 19
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lefebvre, Henri
- Sociology, Urban
- Urbanization
- Social justice
- Lefebvre, Henri
- Social justice
- Sociology, Urban
- Urbanization
- Label
- The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization, Andy Merrifield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- Contents
- The final frontier: planetary urbanization -- Here comes everybody: problematizing the right to the city -- The urban consolidates: centrality and citizenship -- The politics of the encounter -- The planetary urbanization of non-work -- Revolutionary rehearsals? -- Imaginary pragmatics and the enigma of revolt
- Control code
- 819717624
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 161 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820345307
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012046528
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819717624
- Label
- The politics of the encounter : urban theory and protest under planetary urbanization, Andy Merrifield
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
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- txt
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- Contents
- The final frontier: planetary urbanization -- Here comes everybody: problematizing the right to the city -- The urban consolidates: centrality and citizenship -- The politics of the encounter -- The planetary urbanization of non-work -- Revolutionary rehearsals? -- Imaginary pragmatics and the enigma of revolt
- Control code
- 819717624
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xxi, 161 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820345307
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2012046528
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)819717624
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