Wesen und Zukunft der europäischen Stadt

Abstract

European urbanity can be defined by three elements: First, centrality: the contrast of town and country; second, a way of life: the polarization of everyday life into a private and a public sphere; third, a hope: european urbanity cannot be understood without the hope for emancipation that has always been associated with urban life. The essay discusses how far these elements are still valid in modern city life. There are places of urbanity but not so much in the dormant historical centers as in the modern zones of transition, for instance locations of deindustrialization. The conclusion discusses ambiguities and contradictions: the daytime and the nighttime of urbanism.

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