Posthuman Urbanism :Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Mapping Bodies in Contemporary City Space

Publication series :1

Author: Shaw   Debra Benita  

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International‎

Publication year: 2017

E-ISBN: 9781783480814

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783480791

Subject: TU984 Urban Planning

Keyword: 政治理论,城市规划,城市社会学,文化人类学、社会人类学,人文地理学

Language: ENG

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Description

Posthuman Urbanism explores what it means to live in an urban environment with reference to posthuman theory. The book argues that contemporary science and technology offers radically different ways for changing the way we live in city spaces today.

Chapter

Part I: Political Anatomies of Bodies and Cities

Introduction

1 Darwin’s Monsters

2 Metropolitan Others

3 Science and the Architectural Imaginary

4 Posthuman Urbanism

Part II: Monsters in the Metropolis

5 Scavengers and Parasites

6 Pirates and Vagabonds

7 Posturban Psychogeographies

Conclusion: Towards a Posthuman Cartography of Urban Space

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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