The World as a Global Agora - Critical Perspectives on Public Space (Hardcover, Unabridged edition)

In the current postmodern reality where society is no longer viewed as a totality but as a collection of individual interests, public space both as a physical and symbolic space, has no determined contours and the public sphere is likely to take new forms. Yet as a crucial principle of democracy, public space will continue to feed discussions as long as models of participatory democracy represent the guarantor of good governance and the preservation of the public good. Ranging from architecture, sociology, to literary criticism and women and gender studies, the essays that compose this collection have as a common denominator the idea of public space as a vital aspect of public life in modern as well as in developing and traditional societies. Placing themselves beyond the relentless theoretical debates around the concept of public space, the authors agree that no matter what forms it takes, public space remains a fundamental aspect of even those societies that until recently were viewed as hermetically sealed. What emerges from the different perspectives included in this book is a general consensus that the symbolic value of the physical public space is grounded in the collective socio-political consciousness as the basis for a general sense of civic action.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Editors:	Soumia Boutkhil • Larbi Touaf
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With dust jacket
Pages:	295
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-0000-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4438-0000-7
Barcode:	9781443800006

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