The Flaneur (RLE Social Theory)

Timely and original, this collection of essays from the leading figures in their fields throws new and valuable light on the significance and future of flnerie. The flneur is usually identified as the man of the crowd of Edgar Allen Poe and Charles Baudelaire, and as one of the heroes of Walter Benjamins Arcades Project. The flneurs activities of strolling and loitering are mentioned increasingly frequently in sociology, cultural studies and art history, but rarely is the debate developed further. The Flneur is the first book to develop the debate beyond Baudelaire and Benjamin, and to push it in unexpected and exciting directions.