Radical space : building the house of the people / Margaret Kohn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohn, Margaret, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cooperation--Italy--History.

Cooperation.

Local government.

History.

Municipal government.

Fraternal organizations.

Cooperative societies.

Italy.

Cooperative societies--Italy--History.

Fraternal organizations--Italy--History.

Municipal government--Italy--History.

Local government--Italy--History.

Socialism--Italy--History.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

x, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Epoch-making political events are often remembered for their spatial markers: the fall of the Berlin Wall, the storming of the Bastille, the occupation of Tiananmen Square. Until recently, however, political theory has overlooked the power of place. In Radical Space, Margaret Kohn puts space at the center of democratic theory. Kohn examines different sites of working-class mobilization in Europe and explains how these sites destabilized the existing patterns of social life, economic activity, and political participation. Her approach suggests new ways to understand the popular public sphere of the early twentieth century.

Contents:

Introduction

Space and politics

The bourgeois public sphere

The disciplinary factory

The cooperative movement

The house of the people

The chamber of labor

Municipalism : the legacy of localism

Conclusion

Postscript : the local in an age of globalization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-198) and index.

ISBN:

0801439922

0801488605

OCLC:

51046939