Moralising Space: The Utopian Urbanism of the British Positivists, 1855-1920

ISBN-13: 9780367884314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 228 str.

Matthew Wilson

Opis

Moralising Space examines how from the 1850s Comte’s British followers practised this science and religion with the aim to create a global network of 500 utopian city-states.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. The Positivist Imagination: Civic Virtue, Sociology and City Design Chapter 2. Auguste Comte: Envisioning Utopia Chapter 3. Richard Congreve: A Systematic Policy for Imperial Devolution Chapter 4. Frederic Harrison: A Social Programme for an Industrial Republic Chapter 5. Charles Booth: Moralising Space, Positivist Sociology and Limited Socialism Chapter 6. Patrick Geddes: A Culture Policy for Garden City-states Chapter 7. Victor Branford: City Design, the Third Alternative Conclusion Altruistic Agencies

O autorze

Matthew Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Ball State University, USA. He earned a Master of Arts with distinction from the Architectural Association and a PhD in History from Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. As an intellectual historian Wilson’s research focuses on the political, philosophical and epistemological movements of spatial design.