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Focusing on overlooked areas of urban landscapes, this book examines how these neglected spaces transform into sites of resistance and community for marginalized groups, including refugees, asylum seekers, and the homeless. It delves into the dynamics of these environments, highlighting the resilience and agency of those who inhabit them, while addressing broader themes of displacement and social justice.

Exploring the disconnect between urban life and physical geography, this book highlights the impact of this separation on human survival. It emphasizes the need for a transformative approach to reconnect city dwellers with their environment, advocating for a reimagining of the relationship between urban spaces and the landscape. Through this lens, it calls for a deeper understanding of how cities can harmonize with their geographical contexts to foster a more sustainable future.

This “sparkling” and world-famous work examines what drives people to live, die, and kill in the name of nations—revealing the surprising origins and development of nationalism (The Guardian). The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson’s intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. Imagined Communities remains the most influential book on the origins of nationalism, filling the vacuum that previously existed in the traditions of Western thought. Cited more often than any other single English-language work in the human sciences, it is read around the world in more than thirty translations. Written with exemplary clarity, this illuminating study traces the emergence of community as an idea to South America, rather than to nineteenth-century Europe. Later, this sense of belonging was formed and reformulated at every level, from high politics to popular culture, through print, literature, maps and museums. Following the rise and conflict of nations and the decline of empires, Anderson draws on examples from South East Asia, Latin America and Europe’s recent past to show how nationalism shaped the modern world.

This “sparkling” and world-famous work examines what drives people to live, die, and kill in the name of nations—revealing the surprising origins and development of nationalism (The Guardian)The full magnitude of Benedict Anderson’s intellectual achievement is still being appreciated and debated. Imagined Communities remains the most influential book on the origins of nationalism, filling the vacuum that previously existed in the traditions of Western thought. Cited more often than any other single English-language work in the human sciences, it is read around the world in more than thirty translations.Written with exemplary clarity, this illuminating study traces the emergence of community as an idea to South America, rather than to nineteenth-century Europe. Later, this sense of belonging was formed and reformulated at every level, from high politics to popular culture, through print, literature, maps and museums. Following the rise and conflict of nations and the decline of empires, Anderson draws on examples from South East Asia, Latin America and Europe’s recent past to show how nationalism shaped the modern world.

Nineteenth-century bombs, anarchism and anti-imperialism.

Exploring the concept of Weltliteratur, this work delves into how Goethe's ideas intersect with the cultural dynamics of globalization. It examines the influence of literature across borders and its role in shaping cultural identities in a global context. The book highlights the interplay between local traditions and global narratives, offering insights into the evolution of literature and its capacity to foster cross-cultural understanding. Through a critical lens, it addresses the implications of globalization on literary expression and reception.

Qu'est-ce qu'une nation, et qu'est-ce que le sentiment national qui fait que des individus s'identifient corps et âme à d'autres individus qu'ils ne connaissent pas et ne connaîtront jamais ? Dans ce classique de l'historiographie anglo-saxonne, Benedict Anderson montre que l'adhésion à l'idée de souveraineté nationale n'a rien de naturel. Les sociétés traditionnelles étaient bien incapables de la concevoir, quelle que fût la force de leurs attachements ethniques ou territoriaux. L'auteur analyse les facteurs historiques dont la conjonction - comme celle de l'émergence du capitalisme marchand et de l'invention de l'imprimerie - a permis la naissance de ces singulières " communautés imaginées " que sont les nations. Convoquant une riche gamme d'exemples, du Brésil à la Thaïlande en passant par l'Europe centrale et l'Amérique latine, l'auteur étudie l'interaction complexe entre la logique populiste et démocratique du nationalisme et les stratégies des régimes impériaux et dynastiques à la fin du XIXe siècle. Ecrit dans un style élégant teinté d'une ironie typiquement britannique, l'ouvrage d'Anderson - traduit dans toutes les grandes langues européennes - offre à la fois le plaisir d'un certain raffinement intellectuel et l'utilité d'une introduction originale à un thème trop souvent traité de façon superficielle.