The Art Of Taking A Walk

Examines one of the most intriguing and characteristic figures of European urban modernity: the observing city stroller, or flaneur. This book examines this oft... » 

Examines one of the most intriguing and characteristic figures of European urban modernity: the observing city stroller, or flaneur. This book examines this often elusive figure in the particular contexts of Weimar Germany and the intellectual sphere of Walter Benjamin, with whom the concept of flanerie is often associated. «