Reflections on Democracy and Urban Form
| Author | Diane Davis, Markus Miessen, eds |
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| Publisher | Sternberg Press |
| ISBN | 9781915609977 |
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| Status | not yet published |
This book builds on conversations that took place in the Fall of 2024 at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design marking the release of the book Democracy and Urban Form. The original book showcased a series of lectures that Richard Sennett gave under the same name in the fall of 1981. The original lectures, which happened more than forty years ago, addressed a much different political climate. Even so, Richard’s core insights into the connections between democracy and justice, matters of architecture and urban design, the growth of cities, cosmopolitanism, inclusion, free speech, and other related matters remain just as relevant today. In the spirit of reflecting on these urgencies, the GSD invited political philosopher Michael Sandel to deliver a lecture that drew on themes from the new edition of his book Democracy’s Discontent. Sandel encouraged the audience to consider what might account for the polarization that imperils democracy today, as well as what might be done about it? The discussion continued with Richard Sennett, Diane Davis, Claire Zimmerman, Markus Miessen, and Miguel Robles-Durán. All reflected on Sandel’s talk, as well as on the state of democracy as it related more specifically to architecture and the design and planning of cities and metropolitan regions.
| 72 p, ills bw, 15 x 23 cm, pb, English |
Sternberg Press
