Pearson, C (2012) New Labour?new renaissance. City, 16 (5). pp. 576-594. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2012.696925
Pearson, C (2012) New Labour?new renaissance. City, 16 (5). pp. 576-594. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2012.696925
Pearson, C (2012) New Labour?new renaissance. City, 16 (5). pp. 576-594. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2012.696925
Abstract
This paper explores the term ?urban renaissance? in relation to the historiography of the Renaissance of the 15th and 16th centuries in Italy. It examines the place of the Renaissance in cultural history and considers how it has, since its inception, been utilised by writers to reflect on the present. The paper situates the urban renaissance within the context of New Labour rhetoric at the time of the Millennium. It argues that the idea of renaissance can, in this instance, be connected to a kind of millenarianism that was reflected in public rhetoric regarding the city and in a number of building projects.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | urban renaissance; renaissance; Millennium; millenarianism; Richard Rogers; Ruskin; Michelet; Quinet; Burckhardt; utopia; Brunelleschi; Towards an Urban Renaissance; New Labour; urbanism |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2013 12:04 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2024 12:18 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/6152 |
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