Matters of Revolution
Urban Spaces and Symbolic Politics in Berlin and Warsaw After 1989
Symbols matter, and especially those present in public spaces, but how do they exert influence and maintain a hold over us? Why do such materialities count even in the intensely digitalized culture? This book considers the importance of urban symbols to political revolutions, examining manifold reasons for which social movements necessitate the affirmation or destruction of various material icons and public monuments. What explains variability of life cycles of certain classes of symbols? Why do some of them seem more potent than others? Why do people exhibit nostalgic attachments to some symbols of the controversial past and vehemently oppos…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-00-055057-3
- EAN: 9781000550573
- Produktnummer: 37628328
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Abbildungen: 5 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 5 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Dominik Bartmanski is Guest Professor in the Department of Sociology Department at the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. He is the co-author of Labels: Making Independent Music and Vinyl: The Analogue Record in the Digital Age and the co-editor of Iconic Power: Materiality and Meaning in Social Life.
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