| ID | 073681 |
| Title Proper | Against anthropocentrism |
| Other Title Information | the destruction of the built environment as a distinct form of political violence |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Coward, Martin |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the nature of the destruction of built environments. Such destruction should be seen as a distinct form of violence: urbicide. This violence comprises the destruction of shared spatiality which is the condition of possibility of heterogeneous communities. Urbicide, insofar as it is a destruction of heterogeneity in general, is thus a manifestation of a 'politics of exclusion'. However, this account of the destruction of the built environment is not only an insight into a distinct form of political violence. Rather, an account of urbicide also offers a metatheoretical argument regarding the scholarly study of political violence: namely that destruction of built environments contests the anthropocentric frame that usually dominates the study of violence. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 32, No. 3; Jul 2006: p419-437 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol: 32 No 3 |
| Key Words | Urban Destruction ; Political Violence ; Urbicide |