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Metromarxism: A Marxist Tale of the City

By Andy Merrifield

Book information

Publisher
Psychology Press
ISBN
0415933498, 9780415933490
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
137 MB (143558259 bytes)
Pages
212\225
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Sociology
Time added
2020-04-02 03:16:31
marxismurban studiesUrbanism

Description

"Metromarxism" discusses Marxism's relationship with the city from the 1850s to the present by way of biographical chapters on figures from the Marxist tradition, including Marx, Walter Benjamin, Guy Debord, and David Harvey. Each chapter combines interesting biographical anecdotes with an accessible analysis of each individual's contribution to an always-transforming Marxist theory of the city. He suggests that the interplay between the city as center of economic and social life and its potential for progressive change generated a major corpus of work. That work has been key in advancing progressive political and social transformations.

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