Sanctuaries of the City: Lessons from TokyoThis book proposes that we can learn from Tokyo about the instrinsic importance of in-between realms to an international culture: the sanctuaries. It argues that certain urban societies are more robust than others because they offer socio-spatial capacities that enable the development of skills for coping with modern forms of living. It studies places that may open the way to an international culture, namely market places, venues for performing arts and religious sites,, which - with particular reference to the Durkheimian tradition - are considered here in their quality as sanctuaries. |
Contents
Sanctuaries of the City Lessons from Tokyo | 9 |
URBAN SANCTUARYRESEARCH | 16 |
Sanctuaries for Coming to Terms with Modernity | 25 |
Urban SanctuaryResearch | 47 |
Sanctuaries of Urban Virtues a View from Architecture | 65 |
Approaching the Orient | 107 |
The Jolly Good Market Place | 119 |
Sanctuaries for Performing Arts | 133 |
The Sacred Sanctuary | 147 |
Lessons from Tokyo | 167 |
Postlude | 179 |
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