LEADER 04376nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910453017803321 005 20210514032729.0 010 $a1-4008-4826-1 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400848263 035 $a(CKB)2550000001111925 035 $a(EBL)1329783 035 $a(OCoLC)856625684 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001149361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11608566 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001149361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11167376 035 $a(PQKB)10403639 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1329783 035 $a(DE-B1597)474187 035 $a(OCoLC)979881841 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400848263 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1329783 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10751008 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL511810 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001111925 100 $a20130916d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe spirit of cities$b[electronic resource]$ewhy the identity of a city matters in a global age /$fDaniel A. Bell and Avner de-Shalit 205 $aWith a New preface by the authors 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. ;$aOxfordshire, England $cPrinceton University Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (347 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-15969-6 311 $a1-299-80559-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tPreface to the Paperback Edition: The City and Identity --$tIntroduction: Civicism --$tJerusalem: The City of Religion --$tMontreal: The City of Language(s) --$tSingapore: The City of Nation Building --$tHong Kong: The City of Materialism --$tBeijing: The City of Political Power --$tOxford: The City of Learning --$tBerlin: The City of (In)Tolerance --$tParis: The City of Romance --$tNew York: The City of Ambition --$tNotes --$tSelected Bibliography --$tIndex 330 $aCities shape the lives and outlooks of billions of people, yet they have been overshadowed in contemporary political thought by nation-states, identity groups, and concepts like justice and freedom. The Spirit of Cities revives the classical idea that a city expresses its own distinctive ethos or values. In the ancient world, Athens was synonymous with democracy and Sparta represented military discipline. In this original and engaging book, Daniel Bell and Avner de-Shalit explore how this classical idea can be applied to today's cities, and they explain why philosophy and the social sciences need to rediscover the spirit of cities. Bell and de-Shalit look at nine modern cities and the prevailing ethos that distinguishes each one. The cities are Jerusalem (religion), Montreal (language), Singapore (nation building), Hong Kong (materialism), Beijing (political power), Oxford (learning), Berlin (tolerance and intolerance), Paris (romance), and New York (ambition). Bell and de-Shalit draw upon the richly varied histories of each city, as well as novels, poems, biographies, tourist guides, architectural landmarks, and the authors' own personal reflections and insights. They show how the ethos of each city is expressed in political, cultural, and economic life, and also how pride in a city's ethos can oppose the homogenizing tendencies of globalization and curb the excesses of nationalism. The Spirit of Cities is unreservedly impressionistic. Combining strolling and storytelling with cutting-edge theory, the book encourages debate and opens up new avenues of inquiry in philosophy and the social sciences. It is a must-read for lovers of cities everywhere. In a new preface, Bell and de-Shalit further develop their idea of "civicism," the pride city dwellers feel for their city and its ethos over that of others. 606 $aCities and towns$xSocial aspects 606 $aIdentity politics 606 $aUrban policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCities and towns$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aIdentity politics. 615 0$aUrban policy. 676 $a307.76 700 $aBell$b Daniel$g(Daniel A.),$f1964-$0254377 701 $aDe-Shalit$b Avner$0899108 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453017803321 996 $aThe spirit of cities$92488285 997 $aUNINA