01915    a2200253   450000500170000000800390001702000220005603700360007804000070011404100080012107200150012907200150014407200130015907200130017207200210018507200210020607200170022710000230024424500590026725000060032626000320033230000100036452012870037420250526161923.0250430042002GB                   eng    a9781134822478qEA  bTaylor & FranciscGBP 70.99fBB  a01  aeng7 aJHB2thema7 aRGC2thema7 aJHB2bic7 aRGC2bic7 aSCI0300002bisac7 aSOC0260002bisac7 a304.22bisac1 aKevin Hetherington10aBadlands of ModernitybHeterotopia and Social Ordering  a1  aOxfordbRoutledgec20021101  a174 p  bThe Badlands of Modernity offers a wide ranging and original interpretation of modernity as it emerged during the eighteenth century through an analysis of some of the most important social spaces. Drawing on Foucault's analysis of heterotopia, or spaces of alternate ordering, the book argues that modernity originates through an interplay between ideas of utopia and heterotopia and heterotopic spatial practice. The Palais Royal during the French Revolution, the masonic lodge and in its relationship to civil society and the public sphere and the early factories of the Industrial Revolution are all seen as heterotopia in which modern social ordering is developed. Rather than seeing modernity as being defined by a social order, the book argues that we need to take account of the processes and the ambiguous spaces in which they emerge, if we are to understand the character of modern societies. The book uses these historical examples to analyse contemporary questions about modernity and postmodernity, the character of social order and the significance of marginal space in relation to issues of order, transgression and resistance. It will be important reading for sociologists, geographers and social historians as well as anyone who has an interest in modern societies.