The riddle of the real city, or the dark knowledge of urbanism : genealogy, prophecy and epistemology / Wim Nijenhuis.

Main entry:

Nijenhuis, Wim, author.

Title & Author:

The riddle of the real city, or the dark knowledge of urbanism : genealogy, prophecy and epistemology / Wim Nijenhuis.

Publication:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands : Uitgeverij Duizend & Een, 1001 Publishers, [2017]

Description:

384 pages, 25 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Publication date: "January 2, 2017"--From Amazon website.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
I. Grid city and the birth of modern urbanism : 1. The city of organization -- 2. The city of order -- II. The city in-formed by speed -- III. Knowing the city.
Translation from the Dutch.

Summary:

"Is the basis for our knowledge about city and urban planning solid? How can we theorise about urban design and architecture in our current age? Designed as a triptych of three books in one, this publication intends to enrich our theoretical understanding of urban interventions. Urban design theorist and historian Wim Nijenhuis engages various philosophers and a spectrum of disciplines, such as urbanism, architecture, history, media science, and art, in each section: a treatise on urban history, essays about the condition of the city in our media age, and meditations about epistemological problems that in turn question the practice of critical writing and propose a shift in worldview." --Publisher.

ISBN:

9789071346460 (Print)
9071346463 (Print)
(EPUB)
9789071346477

Subject:

City planning.
City planning Social aspects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 294482
Call No.: BIB 240108
Status: Available

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