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The Emergence of Social Space
Kristin Ross
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Description for The Emergence of Social Space
Paperback. A ride through the literature of Rimbaud in a France in the throes of revolution. Series: Radical Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
The 1870s in France - Rimbaud's moment, and the subject of this book - is a decade virtually ignored in most standard histories in France. Yet it was the moment of two significant spatial events: France's expansion on a global scale, and, in the spring of 1871, the brief existence on the Paris Commune - the construction of the revolutionary urban space. Arguing that space, as a social fact, is always political and strategic, Kristin Ross has written a book that is at once a history and geography of the Commune's anarchist culture - its political language and social relations, ... Read more
The 1870s in France - Rimbaud's moment, and the subject of this book - is a decade virtually ignored in most standard histories in France. Yet it was the moment of two significant spatial events: France's expansion on a global scale, and, in the spring of 1871, the brief existence on the Paris Commune - the construction of the revolutionary urban space. Arguing that space, as a social fact, is always political and strategic, Kristin Ross has written a book that is at once a history and geography of the Commune's anarchist culture - its political language and social relations, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Radical Thinkers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844672066
SKU
V9781844672066
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About Kristin Ross
Kristin Ross was born in State College, Pennsylvania in 1953. She attended the University of California at Santa Cruz and received a PhD in French Literature from Yale in 1981. She is the author of a number of books on modern French politics and culture, all of which have been widely translated: The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the ... Read more
Reviews for The Emergence of Social Space
A fascinating cultural history of the Commune.
Tariq Ali A rare example of cultural studies done with zest as well as depth
New Statesman & Society
Tariq Ali A rare example of cultural studies done with zest as well as depth
New Statesman & Society