{"product_id":"building-and-dwelling-ethics-for-the-city-9780300269833","title":"Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City","description":"\u003cb\u003eA reflection on the past and present of city life, and a bold proposal for its future \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Constantly stimulating ideas from a veteran of urban thinking.\"--Jonathan Meades, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this sweeping work, the preeminent sociologist Richard Sennett traces the anguished relation between how cities are built and how people live in them, from ancient Athens to twenty-first-century Shanghai. He shows how Paris, Barcelona, and New York City assumed their modern forms; rethinks the reputations of Jane Jacobs, Lewis Mumford, and others; and takes us on a tour of emblematic contemporary locations, from the backstreets of Medellín, Colombia, to Google headquarters in Manhattan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through it all, Sennett laments that the \"closed city\"--segregated, regimented, and controlled--has spread from the Global North to the exploding urban centers of the Global South. He argues instead for a flexible and dynamic \"open city,\" one that provides a better quality of life, that can adapt to climate change and challenge economic stagnation and racial separation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With arguments that speak directly to our moment--a time when more humans live in urban spaces than ever before--Sennett forms a bold and original vision for the future of cities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/22\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300269833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Richard Sennett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084083790005,"sku":"9780300269833","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bc14a6bb-5dca-4bf7-80f5-bf951973e8ef.jpg?v=1692110049","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/building-and-dwelling-ethics-for-the-city-9780300269833","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}