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Saving Cities

A Taxonomy of Urban Technologies

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Authors:
  1. Shane Epting

    1. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

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  • Highlights a school of thought that wrestles with questions about living in a rapidly urbanizing world
  • Reveals the urgent need for an ethical approach that focuses on urban affairs
  • Shows how philosophical inquiries that pertain to urban centers have practical benefits

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy (BRIEFSPHILOSOPH)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 1-3

  3. Wicked Technologies

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 5-16

  4. Cities and Mental Life

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 17-25

  5. Saving Technologies

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 27-37

  6. Saving Cities

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 39-49

  7. Saving Cities: The Road Ahead

    • Shane Epting
    Pages 51-59
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About this book

This book makes the case that several urban technologies contribute to wicked problems such as climate change and vast social and economic inequalities. Such situations often create unfavorable conditions for mental life in cities. These conditions force us to expand the taxonomy of technology to include new designations: “wicked” and “saving” technologies. Epting holds that the latter can support worthwhile goals such as socially just urban sustainability. Along with fleshing out this view, he provides concrete examples of saving technologies, which include cohousing initiatives, ariel cable cars, participatory budgeting, and car-free zones/cities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

    Shane Epting

About the author

Shane Epting is an assistant professor of philosophy at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, and he is a co-founder of the Philosophy of the City Research Group. Epting is the author of The Morality of Urban Mobility: Technology and Philosophy of the City (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Saving Cities

  • Book Subtitle: A Taxonomy of Urban Technologies

  • Authors: Shane Epting

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85833-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-85832-2Published: 18 September 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-85833-9Published: 17 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2211-4548

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-4556

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 59

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Architects

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