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Reason in the city of difference : pragmatism, communicative action, and contemporary urbanism /
"In the modernist city rationality ruled and subsumed difference in a logic of identity. In the postmodern city, reason is abandoned for an endless play of difference. Reason in the City of Difference poses an alternative to these extremes by drawing on classical American philosophical pragmati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Colección: | Questioning cities series ;
2. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "In the modernist city rationality ruled and subsumed difference in a logic of identity. In the postmodern city, reason is abandoned for an endless play of difference. Reason in the City of Difference poses an alternative to these extremes by drawing on classical American philosophical pragmatism (and its contemporary developments in feminism and the philosophy of communication) to explore the possibilities of a strengthening and deepening of reason in the contemporary city."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203498216 9780203498217 1134444672 9781134444670 1280096306 9781280096303 9780415287678 0415287677 |