Publication

1997 - Routledge, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

41,000 words, Guess

Page Count

164 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number97003405
  • LibraryThing3337274
  • Goodreads3731290

Classifications

  • DDC304.2
  • LCCHX806 .H44 1997

Description

The book uses these historical examples to analyse contemporary questions about modernity and postmodernity, the character of social order and the significance of marginal space in relation to issues of order, transgression and resistance. It will be important reading for sociologists, geographers and social historians as well as anyone who has an interest in modern societies.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • International library of sociology

Other Editions

  • The badlands of modernity: heterotopia and social orderingRoutledge1997-01-01
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