Authenticity and Urbanism

This book investigates authenticity, an important but controversial cultural concept, and its relevance for urban socio-spatial processes. Defining authenticity as an evaluative relationship with an origin, it unpacks a range of origins from a critical, non-essentialist perspective: self, author, substance, event, time, place, and society.

Autorentext

Ali Madanipour is Professor of Urban Design in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction. 2. Self. 3. Author. 4. Substance. 5. Event. 6. Time. 7. Place. 8. Society. 9. Authenticity and urbanism. x. References