Clown of the City

Abstract

The review copy of Clown of the City in my possession was initially incorrectly sent to a journal on the sciences of city construction. I quite like to imagine how the book was received: with uncertainty, caution, and disorientation. I can imagine when the title, Clown of the City, was read, the uncertainty gave way to confusion. What has a clown to do with the city? And, even more, what has a clown to do with the serious work of constructing cities? Moreover, who is this clown and what is this city?