Roots and Routes and the Origins of Urban Theory: A Journey to “Stadtluft Macht Frei”

Johannes Dragsbæk Schmidt

Roots and Routes and the Origins of Urban Theory: A Journey to “Stadtluft Macht Frei”

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The assumptions of the major schools of thought in Western social science theories have influenced most areas of study of cities and their relationship with society as a whole. It remains an open question whether those theories are useful in a Third World context and hence how urban bias as a prerequisite for development is linked to development theory? This paper investigates and outlines some ideas for a new approach to tackle and comprehend the new urban reality seen as both a physical and a mental problem related to the realities of lack of a spatial and psychological feeling of belonging and “modernity” as a problem in itself.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Roots, Routes and a New Awakening : Beyond One and Many and Alternative Planetary Futures
Editors	Ananta Kumar Giri
Number of pages	30
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	1 May 2021
Pages	235-254
ISBN (Print)	978-981-15-7122-0
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2021

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urban theory
development theory

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Roots and Routes and the Origins of Urban Theory: A Journey to “Stadtluft Macht Frei”. / Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbæk.
Roots, Routes and a New Awakening: Beyond One and Many and Alternative Planetary Futures. ed. / Ananta Kumar Giri. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. p. 235-254.

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