Urban Awakenings: Disturbance and Enchantment in the Industrial City

by Samuel Alexander and Brendan Gleeson

This book presents a series of urban investigations undertaken in the metropolis of Melbourne. It is based on the idea that 'enchantment' as an affective state is important to ethical and political engagement. Alexander and Gleeson argue that a sense of enchantment can give people the impulse to care and engage in an increasingly troubled world, whereas disenchantment can lead to resignation. Applying and extending this theory to the urban landscape,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811578605
• ISBN13: 9789811578601
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"