CONTENTS
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction 1
1 The Legibility of the Everyday City 7
Introduction 7
The New Urbanism in Context 8
The Flaneur and Transitivity 10
Rhythms and Rhythmanalysis 16
Urban Footprints and Namings 22
A Basic Ontology 26
2 Propinquity and Flow in the City 31
Introduction 31
The Nostalgic City 32
Near and Far 37
Distanciated Communities 41
The Restless Site 48
Conclusion 50
3 Cities in a Distanciated Economy 51
Introduction 51
The Urbanized Economy 53
Cities as Sites 63
Conclusion 76
4 The Machinic City 78
Introduction 78
Circulation 81
The City of Passions 83
The Engineering of Certainty 93
5 Powerful Cities 105
Introduction 105
Diagrams of Power 106
Escape Attempts 119
But... 123
Conclusion 130
6 The Democratic City 131
Introduction 131
'Creating a Democratic Public 133
Political City 135
Rights to the City: a Politics of the Commons 141
A Mobile Politics 154
Afterword: Testing New Ground l57
References ' 160
Index 174