The spirit of cities : why the identity of a city matters in a global age /
Cities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. The Spirit of Cities revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or va...
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press
2013.
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| On-line přístup: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fgzb2 |
Obsah:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Paperback Edition: The City and Identity; Introduction: Civicism; Jerusalem: The City of Religion; Montreal: The City of Language(s); Singapore: The City of Nation Building; Hong Kong: The City of Materialism; Beijing: The City of Political Power; Oxford: The City of Learning; Berlin: The City of (In)Tolerance; Paris: The City of Romance; New York: The City of Ambition; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.