Modernist urbanism seems progressive, even Utopian: design for a
better world through a democratic and humane built environment. But
two currents undermine this vision from within: an Arcadianism
which turns to a rural idyll as retreat from change and the effects
of industrialization; and an instrumentalism by which the humane
vision becomes prescriptive and anti-democratic. Malcolm Miles
argues that these two currents undermine modernism's progressive
vision. This book examines the roots of modernist urbanism in the
seamless, self-contained systems of Cartesian space; and identifies
contradictions within modernist urbanism in its instrumentalism and
reliance on de-politicised professional expertise. Miles adroitly
reviews the postmodern culture of industrial ruinscapes; and posits
that if cities are to be places of proximity, diversity, mobility
and agency, this will require a move from modernist instrumentalism
to a creative and radically democratic co-production of the built
environment.
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