Politics of Urbanism: Seeing Like a City by Warren Magnusson (English) Paperback

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The central argument of this book is that we need to abandon our state-centric approach to political understanding and learn to see "like a city" if we are to make sense of contemporary politics.

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To see like a city, rather than seeing like a state, is the key to understanding modern politics. In this book, Magnusson draws from theorists such as Weber, Wirth, Hayek, Jacobs, Sennett, and Foucault to articulate some of the ideas that we need to make sense of the city as a form of political order. Locally and globally, the city exists by virtue of complicated patterns of government and self-government, prompted by proximate diversity. A multiplicity of authorities in different registers is typical. Sovereignty, although often claimed, is infinitely deferred. What emerges by virtue of self-organization is not susceptible to control by any central authority, and so we are impelled to engage politically in a world that does not match our expectations of sovereignty. How then are we are to engage realistically and creatively? We have to begin from where we are if we are to understand the possibilities.Building on traditions of political and urban theory in order to advance a new interpretation of the role of cities/urbanism in contemporary political life, this work will be of great interest to scholars of political theory and urban theory, international relations theory and international relations.

Author Biography

Warren Magnusson is Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Victoria, Canada

Table of Contents

Introduction: Re-Imagining the Political 1. Urbanism as Governmentality 2. Ontologies of the Political 3. The Politics of Urbanism as a Way of Life 4. The Art of Government 5. Seeing Like a State, Seeing Like a City 6. Oikos, Nomos, Logos 7. The Politics of Scale 8. The Principle of Local Self-Government Conclusion: Otherwise than Sovereign

Review

"This text is a significant and innovative attempt to formulate a truly urban outlook. The Politics of Urbanism is an unusual, compelling book. It is clearly written, well researched, and advances a provocative rethinking of the relationship of the state and the city to politics. Although we may need to do more work before we can redeem the historic promise of Left urbanism and find the beach beneath the pavement, this book will bring us part of the way." - Chuck Morse, Stir Magazine, December 2012

Details ISBN0415831261 Author Warren Magnusson Short Title POLITICS OF URBANISM Language English ISBN-10 0415831261 ISBN-13 9780415831260 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 320.85 Birth 1947 Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-12-17 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Series Interventions UK Release Date 2012-12-17 AU Release Date 2012-12-17 NZ Release Date 2012-12-17 Subtitle Seeing Like a City Pages 200 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Alternative 9780415782418 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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