The badlands of modernity
Subtitle: heterotopia and social ordering
By: Kevin Hetherington.
Series: International library of sociology
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Utopias.; Dystopias.; Space (Architecture); Spatial behavior.; Human territoriality.; Human geography.; Social psychology.
Description: The book uses these historical examples to analyse contemporary questions about modernity and postmodernity, the character of social order and the significance of marginal space in relation to issues of order, transgression and resistance. It will be important reading for sociologists, geographers and social historians as well as anyone who has an interest in modern societies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-158) and index.