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OverviewThe modern metropolis has been one of the crucial sites for the exploration of modernity since at least the mid-nineteenth century. In this new volume, David Frisby provides an original and critical examination of the construction and experience of metropolitan modernity. Drawing on a rich variety of sources, Frisby seeks to reveal some key features of metropolitan experience in modernity. Among the issues examined are Benjamin's account of the flâneur and its relevance for social investigation and urban detection; Simmel's influential essay on the metropolis; contrasting interpretations of fin-de-siècle Berlin and Vienna by Sombart; the work of Otto Wagner; and the response to the modern metropolis as highlighted in German Expressionism and Weimar Berlin. Cityscapes of Modernity will be a valuable text for students of sociology, social theory, urban theory, cultural studies and architectural history, as well as all those interested in the urban culture of modernity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Frisby (Glasgow University)Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780745626253ISBN 10: 0745626254 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 08 November 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book by David Frisby has his characteristic hallmarks: it is meticulously well researched and it makes unexpected and exciting connections between bodies of thought not commonly linked together. Indeed the playing off of social theory and architectural theory is one of its distinctive contributions. His various asides, for instance his interest in detective stories, or on expressionism, are always provocative and interesting. A book to be celebrated. Mike Savage, University of Manchester 'A wonderfully incisive dissection of new configurations of cities in the contemporary worlda John Urry, Lancaster University The collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologistsa reflections on urban life...In Frisbya s hands, spatial dynamics become an indispensable component of sociological theory. Environment and Planning the collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoriectically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologistsa reflections on urban life. In Frisbya s hands, spatial dynamics become an indipensable component of sociological theory . Thomas Lekan, Department of History, University of South Carolina. "This book by David Frisby has his characteristic hallmarks: it is meticulously well researched and it makes unexpected and exciting connections between bodies of thought not commonly linked together. Indeed the playing off of social theory and architectural theory is one of its distinctive contributions. His various asides, for instance his interest in detective stories, or on expressionism, are always provocative and interesting. A book to be celebrated." Mike Savage, University of Manchester 'A wonderfully incisive dissection of new configurations of "cities" in the contemporary world' John Urry, Lancaster University "The collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life....In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indispensable component of sociological theory." Environment and Planning "the collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoriectically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life. In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indipensable component of sociological theory". Thomas Lekan, Department of History, University of South Carolina. This book by David Frisby has his characteristic hallmarks: it is meticulously well researched and it makes unexpected and exciting connections between bodies of thought not commonly linked together. Indeed the playing off of social theory and architectural theory is one of its distinctive contributions. His various asides, for instance his interest in detective stories, or on expressionism, are always provocative and interesting. A book to be celebrated. Mike Savage, University of Manchester ?A wonderfully incisive dissection of new configurations of cities in the contemporary world' John Urry, Lancaster University The collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life....In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indispensable component of sociological theory. Environment and Planning the collection as a whole offers empirically rich and theoriectically sophisticated contextual readings of major sociologists' reflections on urban life. In Frisby's hands, spatial dynamics become an indipensable component of sociological theory . Thomas Lekan, Department of History, University of South Carolina. Author InformationDavid Frisby is Professor of Sociology, Glasgow University Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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