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The Infinite City - Politics of Speed (Paperback)
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The Infinite City - Politics of Speed (Paperback)
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The author employs a philosophical approach in order to
conceptualize the space and time in urban realms of the first
decades of the 21st century. The so-called 'hi-tech society' has
reached its saturation according to Paul Virilio, William Mitchell,
Jean Baudrillard, Wolfgang Schirmacher, Marc Aug. Space and time
are interchangeably main concerns and the new definitions of
technological culture are critiqued. Jean-Luc Nancy has described
how physical communities arrive at an inoperable stage. How those
communities will function when altered for micro-urban concerns in
virtual space is vital to city officials as well as related
business enterprises. However, as issues of governance cast a
shadow on communitary freedom, netizens seek more flexible
derivations instead of smart(er) urban typologies. This urge for
flexibility introduces the new notion of a politics of speed, for
which a consensus from all states of power should be eternally
pursued in the city of the near future. What kind of a city are we
looking at in the 21st century? Or rather, what is, today, a real
city? The answer should transcend the dialectics of the real and
fantasy. Asli Telli Aydemir received a PhD (magna cum laude) in
Media and Communication Studies from the European Graduate
School.She was awarded a Young Scholar Grant by the European
Science Foundation and recently appointed as a Research Fellow in
Istanbul Bilgi University, where she works on an EU-funded project,
entitled "Civic-web: Internet, Youth and Participation."
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