{"title":"Make Them Endure, Give Them Space: Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino","authors":"J. Towers","doi":"10.1353/sor.2022.0033","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Cities are the most complex creations of human imagination and endeavor. Their physical forms and social relations map the landscape of history and a geography of future possibility. In an age of climate crisis, whither cities, so too humanity. Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino's multivalent parable of urban life, is a traveling companion for those seeking to understand how cities came to be and what they might become.","PeriodicalId":21868,"journal":{"name":"Social Research: An International Quarterly","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social Research: An International Quarterly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2022.0033","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Cities are the most complex creations of human imagination and endeavor. Their physical forms and social relations map the landscape of history and a geography of future possibility. In an age of climate crisis, whither cities, so too humanity. Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino's multivalent parable of urban life, is a traveling companion for those seeking to understand how cities came to be and what they might become.