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Manifesto for a Rhythm Politics
Manifesto for a Rhythm Politics
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A01=Guillaume Drevon
A01=Luca Pattaroni
A01=Manola Antonioli
A01=Vincent Kaufmann
Author_Guillaume Drevon
Author_Luca Pattaroni
Author_Manola Antonioli
Author_Vincent Kaufmann
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Product details
- ISBN 9782889157334
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 160 x 239mm
- Publication Date: 04 Feb 2026
- Publisher: Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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A study on how to take control of the demands of modern life through the lens of rhythm.
We live in a world increasingly saturated—with signs, norms, objects, and demands—and that overstimulation contributes to our daily sense of alienation. In this manifesto, the authors argue that the path to emancipation lies in our capacity to reclaim political agency over our rhythms, both individual and collective.
A Manifesto for a Rhythm Politics explores the fundamentally spatial and territorial dimensions of time, as well as the temporal dynamics of spatial forms, to sketch the contours of a rhythmology. Rather than simply opposing fullness to emptiness, slowness to acceleration, or overwork to boredom, they invite us to reflect on what enables us to breathe and what awakens our desire. By returning to the original meaning of rhythm—a way of flowing—the book offers a dynamic understanding of societies. It allows us to bridge measurement and lived experience, and to recognize the role of spontaneity, randomness, disorganization, and disorder alongside regularity.
On a practical level, rhythm provides tools to address diverse issues such as traffic congestion, personal burnout, and the management of crowds. Ultimately, a politics of rhythm advocates for a choreographic approach to emancipation—one that embraces different ways of living while composing a shared world.
We live in a world increasingly saturated—with signs, norms, objects, and demands—and that overstimulation contributes to our daily sense of alienation. In this manifesto, the authors argue that the path to emancipation lies in our capacity to reclaim political agency over our rhythms, both individual and collective.
A Manifesto for a Rhythm Politics explores the fundamentally spatial and territorial dimensions of time, as well as the temporal dynamics of spatial forms, to sketch the contours of a rhythmology. Rather than simply opposing fullness to emptiness, slowness to acceleration, or overwork to boredom, they invite us to reflect on what enables us to breathe and what awakens our desire. By returning to the original meaning of rhythm—a way of flowing—the book offers a dynamic understanding of societies. It allows us to bridge measurement and lived experience, and to recognize the role of spontaneity, randomness, disorganization, and disorder alongside regularity.
On a practical level, rhythm provides tools to address diverse issues such as traffic congestion, personal burnout, and the management of crowds. Ultimately, a politics of rhythm advocates for a choreographic approach to emancipation—one that embraces different ways of living while composing a shared world.
Manola Antonioli is a senior lecturer in aesthetics (architecture). She is currently professor of philosophy at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris la Villette and a researcher at UMR LAVUE7218 CNRS. Guillaume Drevon is a researcher at the Urban Sociology Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Vincent Kaufmann is professor of urban sociology and mobility analysis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Luca Pattaroni is professor at the Laboratory of Urban Sociology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
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