Beyond the rhetoric: planning theory in the age of technology

Signoroni, Ruggero

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Beyond the rhetoric: planning theory in the age of technology

dc.contributor.author	Signoroni, Ruggero
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-23T11:14:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-23T11:14:11Z
dc.date.issued	2023	en
dc.description	Book of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023	en
dc.description.abstract	Within the animated debate of contemporary Planning Theory, more and more space is (appropriately) devoted to the critical deconstruction of some forms of rhetoric that, collecting vast consent within the public opinions, have been widely used in the field of urban politics and urban planning. What are these rhetorics? How do they take shape? In an attempt to answer these questions, the paper proposes an exploration articulated on two levels. The first consists in the analysis of rhetoric as an ‘epiphenomenon’, i.e. ephemeral manifestation of a structural tendency: that is, the return, in the field of social sciences and in particular of spatial planning, of scientism. By addressing the origins of the disciplinary rhetorics as well as the reappearance of scientism, the paper finally reflects on possible implications for Planning theory in the age of technology. Keywords: Planning Theory; Rhetoric; Scientism; Technology	en
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dc.description.version	published version	en
dc.identifier.isbn	978-908-28191-9-9	en
dc.identifier.pageNumber	1504-1517
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1273
dc.language.iso	English	en
dc.publisher	AESOP	en
dc.rights	openaccess	en
dc.rights.license	CC BY 4.0	en
dc.source	Book of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023	en
dc.title	Beyond the rhetoric: planning theory in the age of technology
dc.type	Conference object	en
dc.type.version	publishedVersion	en
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