Reason in the city of difference : pragmatism, communicative action, and contemporary urbanism

Summary: "In the modernist city rationality ruled and subsumed difference in a logic of identity. In the postmodern city, reason is abandoned for an endless play of difference. Reason in the City of Difference poses an alternative to these extremes by drawing on classical American philosophical pragmatism (and its contemporary developments in feminism and the philosophy of communication) to explore the possibilities of a strengthening and deepening of reason in the contemporary city."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780203498217
ISBN: 0203498216
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)
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Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Reason in the city of difference -- On the body -- On the street -- In the community -- In the public realm -- At home and work in the urban economy -- In city hall -- Cosmopolitan reason and the global city.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.