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The strait gate : thresholds and power in Western history /

Exploring a chapter in the cultural history of the West not yet probed, The Strait Gate demonstrates how doors, gates and related technologies such as the key and the lock have shaped the way we perceive and navigate the domestic and urban spaces that surround us in our everyday lives. Jutte reveals...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jütte, Daniel, 1984- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Doors > Social aspects.
Doors > History.
Doors > Philosophy.
Doors > Religious aspects.
Civilization, Western > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • "I am the door": portals of salvation and status
  • The power of the keys
  • "Whence is that knocking?": precarious passages
  • Reading doors
  • The "city's eyes": gates and the urban history of Europe.