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Snarl : in defense of stalled traffic and faulty networks / Ruth A. Miller.
Author
Miller, Ruth Austin, 1975-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2013]
Description
vi, 209 page ; 24 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
JC423 .M6196 2013
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Democracy
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Philosophy
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Communication and traffic
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Political aspects
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Transportation, Automotive
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Constitutional law
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Summary note
Ruth A. Miller excavates a centuries-old history of nonhuman and nonbiological constitutional engagement and outlines a robust mechanical democracy that challenges existing theories of liberal and human political participation. Drawing on an eclectic set of legal, political, and automotive texts from France, Turkey, and the United States, she proposes a radical mechanical rearticulation of three of the most basic principles of democracy: vitality, mobility, and liberty. Rather than defending a grand theory of materialist or posthumanist politics, or addressing abstract concepts or ?things? writ large, Miller invites readers into a self-contained history of constitutionalism situated in a focused discussion of automobile traffic congestion in Paris, Istanbul, and Boston. Within the mechanical public sphere created by automotive space, Snarl finds a model of democratic politics that transforms our most fundamental assumptions about the nature, and constitutional potential, of life, movement, and freedom.--Amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1 Introduction: Mechanical Constitutionalism 1
Constitutional History 6
Constitutional Materiality 8
Vitality, Mobility, and Liberty 10
Conclusion 12
2 Traffic: A Literature Review 15
Traffic and the Public Sphere 16
Traffic and Borders 21
Traffic and Military Violence 25
Traffic and Rights 30
Traffic and Civilization 34
Conclusion 40
3 Networks: A Literature Review 42
Networks and the Public Sphere 45
Networks and Military Violence 50
Networks and Speech: Machine Code versus Programming Language 55
Conclusion 59
4 Vitality 62
Excavating the Automotive Public Sphere 65
Parking 67
Automotive Vitality: Storage and Circulation 74
Conclusion 80
5 Mobility 83
Archiving the Automotive Public Sphere 87
Bridge and Tunnel 88
Automotive Mobility: Billboards and Monuments 93
Conclusion 99
6 Liberty 102
Delimiting the Automotive Public Sphere 104
No Crossing 107
Automotive Liberty: Intersections and Pollution 112
Conclusion 121
7 Drones: A Case Study 123
Vitality 126
Mobility 135
Liberty 140
Conclusion: Theories of Freedom 147
8 Conclusion: Stalled Traffic and Faulty Networks 153
Why Should Humans Care? 156.
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ISBN
9780472119004 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0472119001 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2013020516
OCLC
844308429
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