The Rule of Freedom :Liberalism and the Modern City
The Rule of Freedom :Liberalism and the Modern City
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1 April, 2003
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Focusing mainly on London and Manchester, but with reference also to Glasgow, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, colonial India, and even contemporary Los Angeles, Patrick Joyce creatively and originally develops Foucauldian approaches to historiography to reflect on the nature of modern liberal society. His consideration of such "artifacts" as maps and censuses, sewers and markets, public libraries and parks, and of civic governments and city planning, are intertwined with theoretical interpretations to examine both the impersonal, often invisible forms of social direction and control built into the infrastructure of modern life and the ways in which these mechanisms shape cultural and social life and engender popular resistance.
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781844673902 |
| ISBN10 | 1844673901 |
| Number Of Pages | 292 |
| Item Weight | 428 g |
| Product Dimensions | 152 x 229 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Verso Books |
| Format | paperback |
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In his remarkable new book, Patrick Joyce confirms his position as amongst the most inventive and rigorous social historians writing today. Creatively employing and developing Foucault's conceptions of governmentality, he uses a wealth of fascinating historical material to show how the nineteenth-century city and its citizens were made governable in the name of freedom ... This book will become a standard reference for all those interested in the history of the liberal city, and a major conceptual contribution for all those seeking to understand the relations of power and freedom in contemporary society. -- Nikolas Rose, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
There is no one writing whose feet are so firmly in the streets of the past and whose head is so creatively engaged with ways of formulating it. A joy to read. -- David Vincent, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Social History, Keele University
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Author's Bio
Patrick Joyce is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Manchester. He is a leading British social historian and has written and edited numerous books of social and political history, including The Rule of Freedom (2003), Material Powers (2010) and The State of Freedom (2013).