Building and Dwelling

I ”Building and Dwelling” destillerer Richard Sennet et helt livs teoretiske og praktiske erfaring med udforskningen af sammenhængen mellem et velkonstrueret bymiljø og det gode menneskeliv. Richard Sennet argumenterer for og beskriver med rige detaljer hans ide om en åben by, hvor indbyggerne lærer at håndtere kompleksitet. Han illustrerer med virkelige eksempler, hvordan byplanlægning både kan berige og ødelægge hverdagslivet for byens beboere. I bogen inddrager Richard Sennet alverdens storbyer som London, Paris, Mumbai og Shanghai samt klassiskere tænkere som Heidegger, Max Weber og Tocqueville i hans argumentation for den gode og dårlige byplanlægning "Building and Dwelling" er en essentiel bog for alle studier af byplanlægning og det urbane liv, hvor Richard Sennet udlægger sin store indsigt i hvordan moderne byer gøres mere humane og etiske.

I ”Building and Dwelling” destillerer Richard Sennet et helt livs teoretiske og praktiske erfaring med udforskningen af sammenhængen mellem et velkonstrueret bymiljø og det gode menneskeliv. Richard Sennet argumenterer for og beskriver med rige detaljer hans ide om en åben by, hvor indbyggerne lærer at håndtere kompleksitet. Han illustrerer med virkelige eksempler, hvordan byplanlægning både kan berige og ødelægge hverdagslivet for byens beboere. I bogen inddrager Richard Sennet alverdens storbyer som London, Paris, Mumbai og Shanghai samt klassiskere tænkere som Heidegger, Max Weber og Tocqueville i hans argumentation for den gode og dårlige byplanlægning "Building and Dwelling" er en essentiel bog for alle studier af byplanlægning og det urbane liv, hvor Richard Sennet udlægger sin store indsigt i hvordan moderne byer gøres mere humane og etiske.

A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future "Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking."--Jonathan Meades, The Guardian In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locations, from the backstreets of Medell?n, Colombia, to Google headquarters in Manhattan. Through it all, Sennett laments that the "closed city"--segregated, regimented, and controlled--has spread from the Global North to the exploding urban centers of the Global South. He argues instead for a flexible and dynamic "open city," one that provides a better quality of life, that can adapt to climate change and challenge economic stagnation and racial separation. With arguments that speak directly to our moment--a time when more humans live in urban spaces than ever before--Sennett forms a bold and original vision for the future of cities.

A reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future "Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking."--Jonathan Meades, The Guardian In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locations, from the backstreets of Medell?n, Colombia, to Google headquarters in Manhattan. Through it all, Sennett laments that the "closed city"--segregated, regimented, and controlled--has spread from the Global North to the exploding urban centers of the Global South. He argues instead for a flexible and dynamic "open city," one that provides a better quality of life, that can adapt to climate change and challenge economic stagnation and racial separation. With arguments that speak directly to our moment--a time when more humans live in urban spaces than ever before--Sennett forms a bold and original vision for the future of cities.