Overview
Defines the conditions required to discuss post-capitalism and post-capitalist city models beyond a Marxist intellectual framework
An innovative approach within urban theory examining the idea ('project') of a post-capitalist city from a non-Marxist perspective
Explains how the logic of accumulation of agency, which operates in contemporary cities, should not be seen as essential element of capitalism, but as a conceptual gateway to a post-capitalist world
Valuable resource for academics and postgraduate students within disciplines connected to urban issues, in particular human geography, urban planning, architecture and urban design
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Post-capitalism
- Post-capitalist city
- Ernst Junger
- accumulation of agency
- urban planning
- urban design
- architecture
- alternatives to capitalism
- Critical Spatial Theory
- contemporary capitalist cities
- Social Economy of the Metropolis
- the Occupy! Movement
- Rebel Cities
- Radical Cities
- alternative urban settlements
- Politics of Urbanism
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Reviews
“This short yet polyphonic book will be of interest to practitioners and theorists of urban change … .” (Natalia Romik, LSE Review of Books, February 25, 2020)
“Krzysztof Nawratek's book is a thoughtful and provocative piece of work, which is much needed at present. It offers an alternative approach to the current debate on post-capitalism in both critical and urban studies, a messianic one drawing on a number of authors and suggesting what a post capitalist city could be. A must read for those interested in the future of cities.” (Camillo Boano, Professor of Urban Design and Critical Theory, UCL, UK)"Krzysztof Nawratek’s excellent study focuses on the richest implications of the city. His vision of the humanized post-capitalism city and its fully efficient agency as a consequence of the "total mobilization” is most impressive.” (Tingyang Zhao, Professor of Philosophy at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)
“This book is one of the most interesting I have read on the topic of how the city can be effectively re-claimed as a contemporary inclusive urb. It brings together knowledge, reflection and hope. It is a real page turner: well written and clever, a book to arm oneself with in the total mobilization for the inclusive post-capitalist city.” (Professor Monika Kostera, the Jagiellonian University, Poland, and Linnaeus University, Sweden)
“This book is a thoughtful critique of the contemporary urban condition, and a search for an alternative, post-capitalist urban vision.” (Professor Ali Madanipour, Director of the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Total Urban Mobilisation
Book Subtitle: Ernst Jünger and the Post-Capitalist City
Authors: Krzysztof Nawratek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1093-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-1092-8Published: 13 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-1093-5Published: 27 July 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 104
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urbanism