Heterotopia and the City: Public Space in a Postcivil Society - Paperback

by Michiel Dehaene (Editor), Lieven de Cauter (Editor)

Heterotopia and the City offers new explorations of Foucault's concept of 'heterotopia'. The book brings together a new translation of Foucault's seminal essay with case studies from academics across the globe, investigating how heterotopia has influenced our contemporary urban spaces.

Author Biography

Michiel Dehaene is Lecturer in Urbanism at the Eindhoven University of Technology and a postdoctoral researcher at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven. His work focuses on the epistemology of urbanism, dispersed urbanization and the interrelation between formal and informal modes of development.

Lieven De Cauter studied Philosophy and History of Art. He teaches at the department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning, KULeuven, the media school RITS and the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam. He has published books on contemporary art, modernity, architecture, on the city and politics.