Matthew Wilson

Moralising Space

The Utopian Urbanism of the British Positivists, 1855-1920

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Produktbeschreibung

Moralising Space examines how from the 1850s Comteâ s British followers practised this science and religion with the aim to create a global network of 500 utopian city-states.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge Research in Planning and Urban Design
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 156mm x 234mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9780367884314
• ISBN-10: 0367884313
• Artikelnr.: 58482518

Autorenporträt

Matthew Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Ball State University, USA. He earned a Master of Arts with distinction from the Architectural Association and a PhD in History from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. As an intellectual historian Wilson's research focuses on the political, philosophical and epistemological movements of spatial design.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Positivist Imagination: Civic Virtue, Sociology and City
Design Chapter 2. Auguste Comte: Envisioning Utopia Chapter 3. Richard
Congreve: A Systematic Policy for Imperial Devolution Chapter 4. Frederic
Harrison: A Social Programme for an Industrial Republic Chapter 5. Charles
Booth: Moralising Space, Positivist Sociology and Limited Socialism
Chapter 6. Patrick Geddes: A Culture Policy for Garden City-states Chapter
7. Victor Branford: City Design, the Third Alternative Conclusion
Altruistic Agencies