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Soulless Cities: Ann Arbor, the Cutting Edge of Discipline: Postfordism, Postmodernism, and the New Bourgeoisie
Author(s) -
Dolgon Corey
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8330.00097
Subject(s) - bourgeoisie , post industrial society , elite , postmodernism , aristocracy (class) , hegemony , sociology , capitalism , narrative , aside , political economy , aesthetics , media studies , economic history , economy , social science , law , political science , politics , economics , epistemology , literature , art , philosophy
Ann Arbor, Michigan's success as a postindustrial city reflects the massive shift toward knowledge‐based economies and the ascendancy of a new bourgeoisie class of corporate and university knowledge brokers. Aside from high‐tech commodities, however, the city and its attendant “aristocracy of innovators” must also produce the cultural narratives to legitimize and rationalize a new capitalism. This article explores how Ann Arbor's elite creates new stories that both inscribe the physical and social landscape with their triumph and act as weapons in the ongoing struggle to solidify a hegemonic project.