{"product_id":"cityscapes-of-modernity-critical-explorations-hardback-9780745609676","title":"Cityscapes of Modernity; Critical Explorations (Hardback) 9780745609676","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCityscapes of Modernity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eCritical Explorations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Frisby (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745609676, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 November 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e392 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 3.5 cm, 0.68 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This book by David Frisby has his characteristic hallmarks: it is meticulously well researched and it makes unexpected and exciting connections between bodies of thought not commonly linked together. Indeed the playing off of social theory and architectural theory is one of its distinctive contributions. His various asides, for instance his interest in detective stories, or on expressionism, are always provocative and interesting. A book to be celebrated.\" \u003ci\u003eMike Savage, University of Manchester\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A wonderfully incisive dissection of new configurations of \"cities\" in the contemporary world' \u003ci\u003eJohn Urry, Lancaster University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life....In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indispensable component of sociological theory.\" \u003ci\u003eEnvironment and Planning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"the collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoriectically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life. In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indipensable component of sociological theory\". \u003ci\u003eThomas Lekan, Department of History, University of South Carolina.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe modern metropolis has been one of the crucial sites for the exploration of modernity since at least the mid-nineteenth century. In this new volume, David Frisby provides an original and critical examination of the construction and experience of metropolitan modernity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on a rich variety of sources, Frisby seeks to reveal some key features of metropolitan experience in modernity. Among the issues examined are Benjamin's account of the flâneur and its relevance for social investigation and urban detection; Simmel's influential essay on the metropolis; contrasting interpretations of fin-de-siècle Berlin and Vienna by Sombart; the work of Otto Wagner; and the response to the modern metropolis as highlighted in German Expressionism and Weimar Berlin.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCityscapes of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e will be a valuable text for students of sociology, social theory, urban theory, cultural studies and architectural history, as well as all those interested in the urban culture of modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIllustrations. \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The City Observed: \u003ci\u003eThe Flâneur in Social Theory\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 : The City Detected: \u003ci\u003eRepresentations and Realities of Detection\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3: The City Interpreted: \u003ci\u003eGeorg Simmel's Metropolis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4: The City Compared: \u003ci\u003eVienna is not Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5: The City Designed: \u003ci\u003eOtto Wagner and Vienna\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6: The City Dissolved: \u003ci\u003eSocial Theory, the Metropolis and Expressionism\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7: The City Rationalized: \u003ci\u003eMartin Wagner's New Berlin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406516810008,"sku":"9780745609676","price":50.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745609676.jpg?v=1784139450","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cityscapes-of-modernity-critical-explorations-hardback-9780745609676","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}