Real cities : modernity, space and the phantasmagorias of city life /

'Real Cities' shows why it is necessary to take seriously the more imaginary and emotional aspects of city life. Drawing on the work of Walter Benjamin, Freud and Georg Simmel, it conducts an empirical investigation into the dreamlike and ghost-like experiences - phantasmagoria - of the ci...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Pile, Steve, 1961-
Corporate Author:	Sage Publications
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : SAGE, c2005.
Subjects:	City and town life > Psychological aspects. City and town life > Philosophy. Psychoanalysis and human geography. Personal space > Philosophy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book