{"product_id":"metropolitan-preoccupations-9781118750599","title":"Metropolitan Preoccupations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on the everyday and makeshift practices of squatters in their attempt to exist beyond dominant power relations and redefine what it means to live in the city\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh critical perspective that builds on recent debates about the right to the city and the role of grassroots activism in the making of alternative urbanisms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the implications of urban squatting for how we think, research and inhabit the city as a site of radical social transformation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChallenges existing scholarship on the New Left in Germany by developing a critical geographical reading of the anti-authoritarian revolt and the complex geographies of connection and solidarity that emerged in it\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Crisis and Critique 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Resistance and Autonomy 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Antagonism and Repair 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Separation and Renewal 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Capture and Experimentation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 231\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406915641687,"sku":"9781118750599","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118750599.jpg?v=1730497547","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/metropolitan-preoccupations-9781118750599","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}