Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces - Threshold Experiences (Hardcover)

Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces: Threshold Experiences uses the term "threshold" as a means to understand the relationship between Self and Other, as well as relationships between different cultures. The concept of "threshold" defines the relationship between inside and outside not in oppositional terms, but as complementaries. This book discusses the cultural and social "border areas" of modernity, which are to be understood not as "zones" in a territorial sense, but as "spaces in between" in which different languages and cultures operate. The essays in Between Urban Topographies and Political Spaces identify the dimension in urban topographies and political spaces where we are able to locate paradigmatic experiences of thresholds. Because these spaces are characterized by contradictions, conflicts, and aporias, we propose to rethink those hermeneutic categories that imply a sharp opposition between inside and outside. This means that the theoretical definition of threshold put forward in these essays-whether applied to history, philosophy, law, art, or cultural studies-embodies new juridical and political stances.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Editors:	Fabio Vighi • Alexis Nuselovici • Mauro Ponzi
Contributors:	Bernhard Waldenfels • Massimo Dona • Felix Duque • Pietro Montani • Dario Gentili • Gabriele Guerra • Vittoria Borso
Dimensions:	237 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-8835-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-8835-6
Barcode:	9780739188354

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