Authenticity and Urbanism - A Critical Inquiry

This book investigates authenticity, an important but controversial cultural concept, and its relevance for urban socio-spatial processes. Defining authenticity as an evaluative relationship with an origin, it unpacks a range of origins from a critical, non-essentialist perspective: self, author, substance, event, time, place, and society.

List of contents

1. Introduction. 2. Self. 3. Author. 4. Substance. 5. Event. 6. Time. 7. Place. 8. Society. 9. Authenticity and urbanism. x. References

About the author

Ali Madanipour is Professor of Urban Design in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Ali Madanipour, Madanipour Ali
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032588551
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258855-1
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Architecture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Interdisciplinary studies, Regional & area planning, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban communities, Regional and area planning, Civil engineering, surveying and building