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Dear Colleagues,
First of all - sorry for self-promoting cross-posting.
I know I shouldn't probably do it, but... I just do.
My new book, 'Holes in the Whole. Introduction to Urban Revolutions' is
being published by Zer0 Books and will be out on 26th of October 2012:
http://www.zero-books.net/books/holes-in-the-whole<https://webmail.plymouth.ac.uk/OWA/redir.aspx?C=c390206da4534e859ead06340cf3328b&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.zero-books.net%2fbooks%2fholes-in-the-whole>
Obviously I do believe it is a very good book, but I am an author, so not
the one to be extremely objective.
Therefore, I have asked few people to read it and here is what they say:
"Packed with fascinating and provocative insights."
Anna Minton, author of 'Ground Control. Fear and happiness in the
twenty-first-century city'
"This is an engaging book – written in the first-person, and crossing
genres of criticism, confession, analysis and polemic. It provokes the
reader to think about urbanism as a dynamic intellectual field of ideas and
experiences. Specialists and general readers will find this book
stimulating as the author leaps around from idea to idea, always
provocative and always full of insights. He relates issues in architecture,
the city and urban life to a range of historical philosophical and cultural
issues – from justice and ethics to creativity and community, public space
and violence. There are few writers who take such a synthetic and
wide-ranging approach in the English speaking world. Moreover, it
intellectually reconnects Europe’s East and West, introducing a sense of
flair into an overly laboured field of academic research."
Dr Jonathan Vickery, Director MA Global Media and Communication, Centre for
Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick
"A refreshing book. In a context where only 'world cities' matter to most
urbanists, Krzysztof Nawratek is a thinker equally at home writing about
Katowice and Shanghai, London and Plymouth. In this unromantic, lapidary
but ultimately optimistic work he offers a precise diagnosis of
contemporary urban ills and offers some potential ways out of some worn-out
ways of thinking the city. Never mind worrying about the Polis or the
decline of public space - this book calls instead for a revolutionary new
urbanism."
Owen Hatherley, author of 'Militant Modernism', ' A Guide to New Ruins of
Great Britain' and 'A New Kind of Bleak: Journeys Through Urban Britain.'
I hope you also find it interesting.
I am more than happy to send you a (digital) copy of this book if you would
like to write/publish a review in any journal, web portal, blog, magazine
etc. If you like my book - tell the others!
Best wishes,
Krzysztof
Dr Krzysztof Nawratek FHEA
Lecturer in Architecture
[Master of Architecture Programme Leader]
School of Architecture, Design and Environment
Faculty of Arts
University of Plymouth
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