Sujet
, urbanité, fear, peur, mouvement social, politique de la ville, sécurité, délinquance, Boudreau Julie-Anne
Description
Extract from the Editorial by Jule-Anne Boudreau :
The city has long been the target of fear : fear of crime, fear of strangers, fear of difference, fear of radicals and rioters, fear of pollution, fear of filth and disease. In the last decade, however, the city has become associated with fear in intensifying ways. Firstly, recalling the heydays of industrialization, the city is more than ever seen as vulnerable to attacks from terrorists, disease, technological failure or natural catastrophe. Secondly, the city is often imagined as the wellspring of terrorism, particularly in the slums of the Global South or in the non-white neighbourhoods of Paris, London, New York, and so on. These spaces are feared as a constant reminder of our failure to eliminate poverty, racism, and complexity. Thirdly indeed, the city is feared for its "uncontrollable" complexity, for its speed, density, energy...
