Urban theory in anti-theoretical times

Tonkiss, Fran ORCID: 0009-0001-8484-0669 (2025) Urban theory in anti-theoretical times. Dialogues in Urban Research, 3 (1). 50 - 54. ISSN 2754-1258

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Abstract

This commentary engages with Robert W. Lake's cautionary piece ‘on resisting the seductions of theory’. It highlights points of agreement with Lake's argument, particularly on the place of theory within urban analysis, before outlining two broader concerns the piece raises. The first has to do with where and by whom theory is ‘done’; the second with how Lake's argument sits in a crudely anti-theoretical moment in which the risks of taking certain theoretical positions are more serious than the danger of going out of intellectual style.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author
Divisions:	Sociology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2025 00:26
Last Modified:	01 Apr 2025 03:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127417

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