Matters of Revolution: Urban Spaces and Symbolic Politics in Berlin and Warsaw After 1989

by Dominik Bartmanski

Symbols matter, and especially those present in public spaces, but how do they exert influence and maintain a hold over us? Why do such materialities count even in the intensely digitalized culture? This book considers the importance of urban symbols to political revolutions, examining manifold reasons for which social movements necessitate the affirmation or destruction of various material icons and public monuments. What explains variability...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367705737
• ISBN13: 9780367705732
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"