{"product_id":"heterotopia-and-the-city-public-space-in-a-postcivil-society-paperback","title":"Heterotopia and the City: Public Space in a Postcivil Society - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichiel Dehaene\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLieven de Cauter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeterotopia, literally meaning 'other place', is a rich concept in urban design that describes a space that is on the margins of ordered or civil society, and one that possesses multiple, fragmented or even incompatible meanings. The term has had an impact on architectural and urban theory since it was coined by Foucault in the late 1960s but it has remained a source of confusion and debate since. \u003cem\u003eHeterotopia and the City\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to clarify this concept and investigates the heterotopias which exist throughout our contemporary world: in museums, theme parks, malls, holiday resorts, gated communities, wellness hotels and festival markets. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith theoretical contributions on the concept of heterotopia, including a new translation of Foucault's influential 1967 text, \u003cem\u003eOf Other Space\u003c\/em\u003e and essays by well-known scholars, the book comprises a series of critical case studies, from Beaubourg to Bilbao, which probe a range of (post)urban transformations and which redirect the debate on the privatization of public space. Wastelands and \u003cem\u003eterrains vagues\u003c\/em\u003e are studied in detail in a section on urban activism and transgression and the reader gets a glimpse of the extremes of our dualized, postcivil condition through case studies on Jakarta, Dubai, and Kinshasa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeterotopia and the City\u003c\/em\u003e provides a collective effort to reposition heterotopia as a crucial concept for contemporary urban theory. The book will be of interest to all those wishing to understand the city in the emerging postcivil society and post-historical era. Planners, architects, cultural theorists, urbanists and academics will find this a valuable contribution to current critical argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichiel Dehaene\u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Urbanism at the Eindhoven University of Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven. His work focuses on the epistemology of urbanism, dispersed urbanization and the interrelation between formal and informal modes of development. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLieven De Cauter\u003c\/strong\u003e studied Philosophy and History of Art. He teaches at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven, the media school RITS and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. He has published books on contemporary art, modernity, architecture, on the city and politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 26, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781666079008,"sku":"9781138975965","price":106.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bc13032d7dca04430f07a965b589dd67.webp?v=1780554956","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/heterotopia-and-the-city-public-space-in-a-postcivil-society-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}