{"product_id":"rites-of-way-mark-kingwell-9781554581535","title":"Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space","description":"\u003cp\u003e There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multidimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e The essays in \u003ci\u003eRites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. There is some historical analysis here, but the contributors are more focused on the future of public space under conditions of growing urbanization and democratic confusion. The added interest offered by non-academic work-visual art, fiction, poetry, and drama-is in part an admission that this is a topic too important to be left only to theorists. It also makes an implicit argument for the crucial role that art, not just public art, plays in a thriving public realm. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Throughout this work contributors are guided by the conviction, not pious but steely, that healthy public space is one of the best, living parts of a just society. The paths of desire we follow in public trace and speak our convictions and needs, our interests and foibles. They are the vectors and walkways of the social, the public dimension of life lying at the heart of all politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Kingwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1554581532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781554581535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 239","brand":"Mark Kingwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013978730751,"sku":"9781554581535","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_846e9d01-fabc-4282-93b1-dded70ba6158.jpg?v=1767745962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rites-of-way-mark-kingwell-9781554581535","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}