- L’utopia e la città ideale
- Giandomenico Amendola
La città tra immaginari e disincanto
- Giandomenico Amendola
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0985-4.17
The chapter examines how 20th-century utopian thought gave way to dystopia amid the failures of science and reason. Literary imagination shaped the mythologies of great metropolises — from Dickens's London to Haussmann's Paris — while deepening class divides made the ideal city a privilege of the bourgeoisie. Benjamin's reading of Paris as collective dream captures the tension between utopian desire and social exclusion defining modern urban life.
- Keywords:
- dystopia,
- Paris,
- Haussmann,
- urban myth,
- literary imagination,
University of Florence, Italy
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
La città tra immaginari e disincanto
Authors
Giandomenico Amendola
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0985-4.17
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title
L’utopia e la città ideale
Book Subtitle
Sogni, paure, desideri
Authors
Giandomenico Amendola
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
120
Publication Year
2026
Copyright Information
© 2026 Author(s)
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Metadata License
Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0985-4
ISBN Print
979-12-215-0984-7
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-0985-4
eISBN (epub)
979-12-215-0986-1
Series Title
People_Places_Architecture
Series ISSN
2975-0415
Series E-ISSN
2975-027X