description: In Concrete Reveries, acclaimed philosopher and cultural critic Mark Kingwell offers a thoughtful answer to Socrates’ injunction about the life worth living, using the urban experience to illustrate the dynamic between concreteness and abstraction that operates within us.Witty and authoritative, the book is an exhilarating journey through unexpected terrain.
language: English
title: Concrete Reveries: Consciousness And The City
titlecomplete: Concrete Reveries: Consciousness And The City
genres: Architecture, Urban Planning, Philosophy, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 70
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction
publisher: Viking