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Total Urban Mobilisation

Ernst Jünger and the Post-Capitalist City

von: Krzysztof Nawratek
64,19 €
Verlag:	Palgrave Pivot
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	27.07.2018
ISBN/EAN:	9789811310935
Sprache:	englisch

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Titelbeschreibung

In this book Krzysztof Nawratek explores the possibility of a post-capitalist city, and in so doing, reclaims and develops the idea of total mobilisation as originally formulated by Ernst Jünger. Nawratek formulates the idea of ‘accumulation of agency’ the ability to act, to replace the logic of capital accumulation as a main driver of urban development. He argues that this ‘accumulation of agency’ operates already in contemporary cities, and should not be seen as essential element of capitalism, but as a conceptual gateway to a post-capitalist world.<br>

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface<div>Acknowledgements</div><div>1. Mobilising the Urban</div><div>2. Territory, Space, Place, and Beyond</div><div>3. The Spatiality of (Post-)Capitalism</div><div>4. The House and the City as Capitalist/Post-Capitalist Hybrids</div><div>5. Top-Down Revolutions. Negative and Positive Autonomy</div><div>6. 'The Horizon of the Whole' (Against Totalitarianism and Reductivism)</div><div>7. Borders, Interfaces and Infrastructure</div><div>8. Nomadism and Partisanship</div><div>9. Assemblages, Series, and Empire</div><div>10. City of Agency</div><div>Index</div>

Autorenportrait

<b>Dr Krzysztof Nawratek</b> is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He published <i>City as a Political Idea</i> (2011), <i>Holes in the Whole: Introduction to the Urban Revolutions</i> (2012), <i>Radical Inclusivity: Architecture and Urbanism</i> (2015), <i>Urban Re-Industrialization</i> (2017) as well as several papers and chapters in edited volumes.

Sonderbeitrag

<p>Defines the conditions required to discuss post-capitalism and post-capitalist city models beyond a Marxist intellectual framework</p><p>An innovative approach within urban theory examining the idea ('project') of a post-capitalist city from a non-Marxist perspective</p><p>Explains how the logic of accumulation of agency, which operates in contemporary cities, should not be seen as essential element of capitalism, but as a conceptual gateway to a post-capitalist world</p><p>Valuable resource for academics and postgraduate students within disciplines connected to urban issues, in particular human geography, urban planning, architecture and urban design</p>

Unpublished endorsement

“Krzysztof Nawratek's book is a thoughtful and provocative piece of work, which is much needed at present. It offers an alternative approach to the current debate on post-capitalism in both critical and urban studies, a messianic one drawing on a number of authors and suggesting what a post capitalist city could be. A must read for those interested in the future of cities.” (Camillo Boano, Professor of Urban Design and Critical Theory, UCL, UK)<p>"Krzysztof Nawratek’s excellent study focuses on the richest implications of the city. His vision of the humanized post-capitalism city and its fully efficient agency as a consequence of the "total mobilization” is most impressive.” (Tingyang Zhao, Professor of Philosophy at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)</p>

<p>“This book is one of the most interesting I have read on the topic of how the city can be effectively re-claimed as a contemporary inclusive <i>urb</i>. It brings together knowledge, reflection and hope. It is a real page turner: well written and clever, a book to arm oneself with in the total mobilization for the inclusive post-capitalist city.” (Professor Monika Kostera, the Jagiellonian University, Poland, and Linnaeus University, Sweden)</p>

<p>“This book is a thoughtful critique of the contemporary urban condition, and a search for an alternative, post-capitalist urban vision.” (Professor Ali Madanipour, Director of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at Newcastle University, United Kingdom)</p>