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Fleeing the City: Studies in the Culture and Politics of Antiurbanism

By Michael J. Thompson

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
0230610595, 9780230610590
LCC
HT361 .F53 2009
Open Library ID
OL23054740M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3079910 bytes)
Pages
267\267
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This collection of essays explores the phenomenon of antiurbanism: the antipathy, fear, and hatred of the city. Antiurbanism has been a pervasive counter-discourse to modernity and urbanization especially since the beginning of industrialism and the dawning of modern life. Most of the attention on modernity has been focused on urbanization and its consequences. But as the essays collected here demonstrate, antiurbanism is an equally important reality as it can be seen as playing a crucial role in cultural identity, in the formation of the self within the context of modernity, as well as in the root of many forms of conservative politics and cultural movements.

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