{"product_id":"metropolitan-preoccupations-the-spatial-politics-of-squatting-in-berlin-paperback-softback-9781118750605","title":"Metropolitan Preoccupations; The Spatial Politics of Squatting in Berlin (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118750605","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMetropolitan Preoccupations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Spatial Politics of Squatting in Berlin\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'This important, thoughtful and thought-provoking text sets out to develop a radical spatial history of squatting in Berlin. Unapologetically and powerfully committed to exploring the ways the city itself may be thought of as a radical political project, Vasudevan sympathetically but honestly reflects on some of the challenges of sustaining a radical urban politics of squatting over time. \u003ci\u003eMetropolitan Preoccupations\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuinely innovative contribution to geographical scholarship, opening up ways of thinking about the radical politics of the city.' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Allan Cochrane, Emeritus Professor of Urban Studies, Open University, UK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In this deftly-told spatial history of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan argues in compelling detail that radical social movements are inseparable from concrete forms of geography- and city-making. Anchored in a grounded and gripping narrative of the practices and struggles through which squatters have co-constituted Berlin as an intense site of urban experimentation and protest,\u003ci\u003e Metropolitan Preoccupations\u003c\/i\u003e simultaneously lends new historical depth and global connectivity to our understanding of 21st-century \"right-to-the-city\" movements. It is difficult to imagine a story that more effectively excavates the fundamental importance and the multi-layered meanings of the basic geographical right to be somewhere.' \u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMatthew Hannah, Professor of Cultural Geography, Universität Bayreuth, Germany\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander Vasudevan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118750605, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 October 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.327 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the everyday and makeshift practices of squatters in their attempt to exist beyond dominant power relations and redefine what it means to live in the city\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh critical perspective that builds on recent debates about the “right to the city” and the role of grassroots activism in the making of alternative urbanisms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the implications of urban squatting for how we think, research and inhabit the city as a site of radical social transformation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges existing scholarship on the New Left in Germany by developing a critical geographical reading of the anti-authoritarian revolt and the complex geographies of connection and solidarity that emerged in its wake\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on extensive field work conducted in Berlin and elsewhere in Germany\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Crisis and Critique 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resistance and Autonomy 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Antagonism and Repair 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Separation and Renewal 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Capture and Experimentation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507376845080,"sku":"9781118750605","price":21.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118750605.jpg?v=1786445331","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/metropolitan-preoccupations-the-spatial-politics-of-squatting-in-berlin-paperback-softback-9781118750605","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}