| Description |
xi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The end of tradition, or the tradition of endings / Nezar AlSayyad -- Tradition is (not) modern : deterritorializing globalization / Jane M. Jacobs -- The tradition of the end : global capitalism and the contemporary spaces of Apocalypse / Katharyne Mitchell -- Nostalgias of the modern / Ananya Roy -- Nature and tradition at the border : landscaping the end of the nation state / Matthew Sparke -- The tensed embrace of tourism and traditional environments : exclusionary practices in Cancun, Cuba, and southern Florida / Robert Mugerauer -- Architecture and the production of postcard images : invocations of tradition vs. critical transnationalism in Curitiba / Clara Irazabal -- Tradition as a means to the end of tradition : farmer's houses in Italy's Fascist-era new towns / Mia Fuller -- Cultural identity and architectural image in Bo-Kaap, Cape Town / Fabio Todeschini and Derek Japha -- The latency of tradition : on the vicissitudes of walls in contemporary China / Duanfang Lu -- Seizing locality in Jerusalem / Alona Nitzan-Shiftan |
| Summary |
Rooted in real world observations, this book questions the concept of tradition - whether contemporary globalization will prove its demise or whether there is a process of simultaneous ending and renewing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-257) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Tradition (Philosophy)
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
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Globalization -- Political aspects.
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| Author |
AlSayyad, Nezar.
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| LC no. |
2003018044 |
| ISBN |
0415290406 |
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0415290414 paperback |
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