Nigel Thrift 
Killer Cities 

Killer Cities uses a combination of social theory, polemic and close attention to empirical detail to tell the story of how and why cities cause mass animal death and, in the process, hasten the destruction of the planet. This book is not just a lament, however. It is an attempt to navigate out of this mess of planned and unplanned violence towards a world in which cities no longer act as killers but become aligned with the lives of other beings. It offers pragmatic ways of diminishing the death toll and changing mindsets without ever minimizing the dilemmas that inevitably will have to be faced. Killer cities can be rehabilitated so that they offer brighter paths towards the future – for animals, for human beings, and for the planet. A new urban geography could be within our grasp. Indeed, it has to be, for all of our sakes.

Tabella dei contenuti

Chapter 1: An uncommon humanity

Part I: Cities

Chapter 2: The Urban World

Part II: Life

Chapter 3: Thinking Animals

Chapter 4: Animals Thinking

Part III: Death

Chapter 5: The Animal City

Chapter 6: The City of Surplus Death

Chapter 7: Not Meat but Still Dead

Chapter 8: But Some Animals Do Adapt to the City

Part IV: A New Settlement

Chapter 9: Dreaming More Human Cities 1

Chapter 10: Dreaming More Human Cities 2

Chapter 11: There is Another World but It Is This One

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Circa l’autore

Nigel Thrift is a Visiting Professor in Oxford and Tsinghua Universities. He was previously Executive Director of Schwarzman Scholars, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Warwick and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Oxford University.