An Orderly Mess

by Helga Nowotny

This book was triggered by the recent geopolitical shifts and the turn towards an allegedly post-factual era. "An Orderly Mess" gives a timely diagnosis of the current dissolution of the modern order, while highlighting the opportunities of messiness. The essay focuses on the temporal and spatial dimensions in which messiness becomes apparent today: broken time lines and fragmented spaces. Messiness is framed by a blurring of the world orderings inherited...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9633862310
• ISBN13: 9789633862315
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher