The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory)

The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory)
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 9781317657286
ISBN-13 : 1317657284
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Book Synopsis The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory) by : Keith Tester

Download or read book The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory) written by Keith Tester and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future of flânerie. The flâneur is usually identified as the ‘man of the crowd’ of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and as one of the heroes of Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project. The flâneur’s activities of strolling and loitering are mentioned increasingly frequently in sociology, cultural studies and art history, but rarely is the debate developed further. The Flâneur is the first book to develop the debate beyond Baudelaire and Benjamin, and to push it in unexpected and exciting directions.


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