Ricerche e studi / Università degli studi di Pavia, Facoltà di economia

• Record Nr.: UNICAMPANIAVAN0008234
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milano, : Giuffrè
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Non definito
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Collezione

Metromarxism [[electronic resource] ] : A Marxist Tale of the City

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779679003321
• Autore: Merrifield Andy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002
• ISBN: 0-203-70743-5; 1-299-47790-9; 1-135-02486-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.76
• Soggetti: Sociology & Social History; Social Sciences; Communities - Urban Groups
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-205) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Metromarxism; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Commodities and Cities, with Sober Senses; 2 Backstreet Boy in Manchester; 3 The City of Profane Illumination; 4 The Urban Revolution; 5 The City of Marx and Coca-Cola; 6 The City of Althusser and Social Movements; 7 The Geopolitics of Urbanization; 8 A Marxist Urban Romance; Afterword; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: ""Metromarxism"" discusses Marxism's relationship with the city from the 1850s to the present by way of biographical chapters on figures ; from the Marxist tradition, including Marx, Walter Benjamin, Guy Debord, and David Harvey. Each chapter combines interesting biographical anecdotes with an accessible analysis of each individual's contribution to an always-transforming Marxist theory of the city. He suggests that the interplay between the city as center of economic and social life and its potential for progressive change generated a major corpus of work. That work has been key in advancing pr