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Cities are defined by their complex network of busy streets and the multitudes of people that animate them through physical presence and bodily actions that often differ dramatically: elegant window-shoppers and homeless beggars, protesting crowds and patrolling police. As bodies shape city life, so the city's spaces, structures, economies, politics, rhythms, and atmospheres reciprocally shape the urban soma. This collection of original essays explores the somaesthetic qualities and challenges of city life (in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas) from a variety of perspectives ranging from philosophy, urban theory, political theory, and gender studies to visual art, criminology, and the interdisciplinary field of somaesthetics. Together these essays illustrate the aesthetic, cultural, and political roles and trials of bodies in the city streets.

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Shusterman and his colleagues launched a significant volume of essays about a new dimension of somaesthetics: bodies in the street. It shows somaesthetics' usefulness and ability to interpret every dimension of human life. - Alexander Kremer, University of Szeged, in: Pragmatism Today Vol. 11 (1/2020) [D]oes somaesthetics provide a basis for critical assessment? Shusterman makes a strong case for the importance of the body and its role in all aspects of human experience. [...] The audience for this book may include aestheticians, but it offers potentially a much broader scope of interest, including the place of the body in urban studies, feminist theory, revolutionary politics, as well as literature and art. - Curtis L. Carter, Marquette University, in: The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism Vol. 78 (issue 2/2020) Si tratta, pertanto, di un volume importante e decisivo nello sviluppo della somaestetica proposta da Shusterman, una tappa che prelude a passi ulteriori ma che gia fin da adesso rimodula ulteriormente e in modo efficace il cammino della somaestetica. - Leonardo Distaso, University of Naples, in: Aisthema, International Journal Vol. VI (2019)

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Richard Shusterman is the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities, Professor Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture at Florida Atlantic University. His major books include Pragmatist Aesthetics, Practicing Philosophy, Performing Live, Body Consciousness, Thinking through the Body, and The Adventures of the Man in Gold.

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