Lineages of the global city : occult modernism and the spiritualization of democracy /
"In his new manuscript, Shiben Banerji examines the movement toward "global cities" in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly as an outcropping of occult philosophies like Theosophy that worked toward what practitioners called "universal brotherhood." Drawing...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Lateral exchanges.
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| Summary: | "In his new manuscript, Shiben Banerji examines the movement toward "global cities" in the first half of the twentieth century, particularly as an outcropping of occult philosophies like Theosophy that worked toward what practitioners called "universal brotherhood." Drawing on music, art, literature, and science, Theosophy imagined a path of self-improvement that would combat social and economic alienation. Accordingly, the view of the city that it helped foster was expansive: a city that could democratically encompass all genders, ethnicities, religions, and species. Banerji's study works to recuperate this forgotten chapter of urban design history through an examination of interlinked moments in the globalized pursuit of universal brotherhood"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781477331422 (electronic bk.) 1477331425 9781477331415 1477331417 |