Concrete reveries : consciousness and the city / Mark Kingwell.
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TextLanguage: English Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2009©2008 Description: 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143013235 (paperback)Subject(s): Sociology, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York | Sociology, Urban -- China -- Shanghai | City and town life -- New York (State) -- New York | City and town life -- China -- ShanghaiLOC classification: HN80.N5 K56 2009| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | MEF Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi | Genel Koleksiyon | HN 80 .N5 K56 2009 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | Bağışlayan: John McKeown | 0007503 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hard and soft -- New York, capital of the twentieth century -- Public spaces, public places -- The city of tomorrow -- Consciousness and the city -- The thought of limits -- The limits of thought -- The imaginary city
In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates' injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us.Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain.