Title
A Philosophy of Sidewalks: Reclaiming Promiscuous Public Spaces
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52313-8_17
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1-1-2021
Publication Title
Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
Abstract
This paper frames Jane Jacob’s ideas on urban planning in a wider philosophical framework by contrasting two philosophical orientations: control cartesianism and spinozist multiplicity, and their differing attitudes towards diversity and self-organization. Both Jacob’s ideas on urban planning and Spinoza’s philosophy of composite bodies show an awareness of how cohesion and organization can be achieved through the spontaneous workings of diverse elements. These ideas are then re-purposed with the aim of re-defining “smart cities”, not as a brand of high-tech city management, but as cities that, through self-organization, are capable of collective deliberation and agency.
Volume
36
First Page
347
Last Page
364
ISSN
18797202
Recommended Citation
Bula, Germán, "A Philosophy of Sidewalks: Reclaiming Promiscuous Public Spaces" (2021). Scopus Unisalle. 20.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/20
Identifier
SCOPUS_ID:85101614914