| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : color illustrations, map. |
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EASA series
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EASA series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: anthropology and the future : notes from a shrinking fieldsite -- "There can only be one narrative" : postsocialism, shrinkage and the politics of context in Hoyerswerda -- Reasoning about the past : temporal politics and moral historical education in a city with no future -- "Hoyerswerda --?" : " -- once had a future!" : temporal flexibility and the politics of -- The future -- Enforced futurism / Prescribed Hopes : Affective Politics and Pedagogies of the Future -- Performing the future : endurance, maintenance and self-formation in times of shrinkage -- Conclusion: Coming to terms with the future / "Zukunftsbewaltigung" -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
How does an urban community come to terms with the loss of its future? The former socialist model city of Hoyerswerda is an extreme case of a declining postindustrial city. Built to serve the GDR coal industry, it lost over half its population to outmigration after German reunification and the coal industry crisis, leading to the large-scale deconstruction of its cityscape. This book tells the story of its inhabitants, now forced to reconsider their futures. Building on recent theoretical work, it advances a new anthropological approach to time, allowing us to investigate the postindustrial era and the futures it has supposedly lost. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hoyerswerda (Germany) -- Social conditions.
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Deindustrialization -- Germany.
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Coal trade -- Germany -- Hoyerswerda.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General |
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Coal trade |
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Deindustrialization |
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Social conditions |
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Germany |
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Germany -- Hoyerswerda |
| Indexed Term |
anthropological approach. |
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anthropology. |
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career. |
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citizens. |
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city life. |
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coal industry. |
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contemporary. |
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cultural. |
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decline. |
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engaging. |
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german history. |
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german reunification. |
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historical. |
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history of anthropology. |
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history of germany. |
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hoyerswerda. |
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human condition. |
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industry. |
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lifetime. |
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outmigration. |
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political science. |
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politics. |
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postindustrial era. |
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postindustrial. |
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retrospective. |
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social issues. |
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social science. |
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socialist model city. |
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socialist model. |
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sociology. |
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urban community. |
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urban sociology. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Ringel, Felix. Back to the postindustrial future. First Edition. New York : Berghahn Books, 2018 9781785337987 (DLC) 2017052484 |
| ISBN |
9781785337994 electronic book |
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1785337998 electronic book |
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9781785337987 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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178533798X hardcover ; alkaline paper |
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