04214nam 22005052 4500 f683e141-edc4-42e1-8741-d64d16f704ba m o d cr n 260401t20252025 ob 000 0 eng d 9780639889993 (Paperback) 9780639890005 (PDF) 9780639890029 (XML) 9780639890012 (Epub) 10.64449/9780639890005 doi UkCbTOM eng local POL045000 bisacsh JPF thema Makoni, Eric Nyembezi, author. (orcid)0000000313781953 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1378-1953 PHARMAKON : Urban Law and the Making of Johannesburg / Eric Nyembezi Makoni. Johannesburg : UJ Press, 2025. ©2025 1 online resource (246 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Available through UJ Press. ForewordMarius PieterseThe Structure of this BookIntroductionLaw as PharmakonUrban Law In/TheoryMapping Spatial In/DifferenceA Racial City ImaginedRe/Constituting the UrbanColoniality PrevailsInflection Point/Decoloniality Open Access Unrestricted online access star “This book is truly a pharmakon, a potion historically prescribed and a healing adventurously re-imagined. Pharmakon, as the title indicates, shows how the same thing that can be healing, can also poisons us. Makoni takes us through the colonial and postcolonial lawscape of urban South Africa and especially Johannesburg, making a case for how injustice was established through planning laws, and all along trying to find ways in which justice can be achieved. This especially pernicious form of spatial violence is shown to have persevered throughout colonial history, with concrete examples of racial capitalism, where state and private initiatives were implicated. makoni shows how the law has been a conspirator of colonial racialisation, and a precious yet precarious compass to help navigate the post-apartheid lands – the law as true pharmakon, with the trophy of spatial justice in the centre of legal concerns.”Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos Professor of Law & Theory / Artist / Fiction AuthorUniversity of Westminster, London“Rich in theory, concepts and empirical examples, eric nyembezi makoni's book is a groundbreaking and timely intervention in the field of urban planning and city studies.”Prof. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni Professor and Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth, Germany“Through the concept of the lawscape, this book provides an excellent, expansive history of how legal and planning instruments have together shaped South African cities to make spatial racial segregation possible during the colonial and Apartheid era but also to create more inclusive, democratic cities in the post-Apartheid period. PHARMAKON: Urban Law and the Making of Johannesburg is a lucid, critical and yet hopeful book; a must-read for anyone committed to contribute to decolonised cities that promote spatial justice and economic inclusivity.”Dr. Wendy WillemsDepartment of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science Mode of access: World Wide Web. The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). For more detailed information consult the publisher's website. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Metadata licensed under CC0 Public Domain Dedication. urban law planning Johannesburg law spatial planning South Africa colonialism decolonialism urbanism UJ Press, publisher. https://doi.org/10.64449/9780639890005 Connect to e-book https://books.ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/10.64449/9780639890005_frontcover.jpg Connect to cover image https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ CC0 Metadata License