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11%OFFMargaret Kohn - Radical Space: Building the House of the People - 9780801488603 - V9780801488603
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Radical Space: Building the House of the People

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Description for Radical Space: Building the House of the People Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 17. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.

Epoch-making political events are often remembered for their spatial markers: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the storming of the Bastille, the occupation of Tiananmen Square:. Until recently, however, political theory has overlooked the power of place. In Radical Space, Margaret Kohn puts space at the center of democratic theory. Kohn examines different sites of working-class mobilization in Europe and explains how these sites destabilized the existing patterns of social life, economic activity, and political participation. Her approach suggests new ways to understand the popular public sphere of the early twentieth century.This book imaginatively integrates a range of sources, including ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cornell University Press New York
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801488603
SKU
V9780801488603
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About Margaret Kohn
Margaret Kohn is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville.

Reviews for Radical Space: Building the House of the People
In this thoughtful and engaging book, Margaret Kohn makes the case that space is an important mechanism of social power. With Pierre Bourdieu, Michel Foucault, and Henri Lefebvre (among others), she agrees that space can function to reproduce and to reinforce relations of domination. Yet, she emphasizes, it also can play a transformative political role, enabling and encouraging the oppressed ... Read more

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