Schwellenangst? Towards the city of anti-capitalist critique

Abstract

Towards the city of thresholds, Stavros Stavrides. Published under Creative Commons licence 3.0 by professional dreamers, 2010, 153 pp., €16, ISBN 978-88-904295-3-8.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to David Madden for inspiring comments and helpful feedback on an earlier draft of this review.

Notes

Schwellenangst literally translates into ‘fear of crossing thresholds’, i.e. the fear of entering a place and stepping over the threshold, but it is also figuratively used to refer to a ‘fear of the unknown’ or the fear of embarking on something new.

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Notes on contributors

Anna Richter

Anna Richter is a Research Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning in Erkner, Germany and Corresponding Editor of City.