Architectures of Hurry—Mobilities, Cities and Modernity

Name: Architectures of Hurry—Mobilities, Cities and Modernity
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Architectures of HurryMobilities, Cities and ModernityAuthor(s): Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, Richard Dennis, Deryck W. Holdsworth\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138729841, 978-1138729841\nSynopsis\nHurry is an intrinsic component of modernity. It exists not only in tandem with modern constructions of mobility, speed, rhythm, and timespace compression, but also with infrastructures, technologies, practices, and emotions associated with the experience of the mobilizing modern. Hurry is not simply speed. It may result in congestion, slowing-down, or inaction in the face of over-stimulus. Speeding-up is often competitive: faster traffic on better roads made it harder for pedestrians to cross, or for horse-drawn vehicles and cyclists to share the carriageway with motorized vehicles. Focusing on the cultural and material manifestations of hurry, the books contributors analyse the complexities, tensions, and contradict.