Progress in Human Geography· 2020Q1
Cities: Reimagining the Urban
- 1,855citations
- Q1SCImago
- 2020year
Short summary
This book challenges contemporary urban theory by arguing that the city is no longer a bounded entity but is instead a dispersed phenomenon intertwined with the wider world.
AI-generated from the title and abstract; the full text is not read.
Key points
- Critiques urban theory for nostalgia and a bounded city concept.
- Argues the city is now perforated by global links and 'urbanization as a way of life'.
- Proposes a new sociology scattering urban life across sites and circulations.
- Reinstates overlooked aspects like non-human activity and distant connections.
AI-generated from the title and abstract; the full text is not read.
Abstract
This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on the city. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of material and texts, it argues that too much contemporary urban theory is based on nostalgia for a humane, face-to-face and bounded city. Amin and Thrift maintain that the traditional divide between the city and the rest of the world has been perforated through urban encroachment, the thickening of the links between the two, and urbanization as a way of life. They outline an innovative sociology of the city that scatters urban life along a series of sites and circulations, reinstating previously suppressed areas of contemporary urban life: from the presence of non-human activity to the centrality of distant connections. The implications of this viewpoint are traced through a series of chapters on power, economy and democracy. This concise and accessible book will be of interest to students and scholars in sociology, geography, urban studies, cultural studies and politics.
The authors' abstract, as published at the source. Progress in Human Geography, 2020 · DOI ↗
Continue with a free account
Ask the paper: 3 free questions a day about this paper; save it, get its citation, new summaries every day for your field. Takeaways are Premium.
Continue free on the webSign in with Google or Apple; no card needed. You come back to this paper.
On your phone:
Field: Urban Studies
Urban StudiesSocial Sciences