The hated city, from transcendence to immanence
Abstract The myth of Babel (Genesis 11, Old Testament) is an early and pure example of using urbanity and globality as an evidence of hubris. The accurate analysis of this short text shows that rejection of urbanity is not the effect of a vague metaphor; rather, it is based on the observation that c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Spanish |
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Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2021-05-01
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Series: | Cadernos Metrópole |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2236-99962021000200499&tlng=en |