The City of London: genealogy of a contemporary heterotopia

Nelarine Cornelius and Eric Pezet

Chapter 22 in Handbook of Historical Methods for Management, 2023, pp 328-343 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The City of London (The City) is the main financial centre in the UK and the ancient heart of London. It has existed for centuries and occupies a distinctive place, it could be argued a space apart, from mainstream society. Its legal status and geographical boundaries make it what Foucault’s calls a heterotopia (1986). The City can rightfully be regarded as a heterotopia pursuing its own agendas, while maintaining a distance (re: different purpose, norms, rules, structures) to the state albeit maintaining strong relations with the state, highlight its main heterotopic credentials. To understand The City’s evolution and enduring heterotopic status, a strongly genealogical account is required, and one in which political and diplomatic relations with the crown/ state are significant. Although we focus on The City, the heteropic-centred methodology and methods employed in our overview are especially useful for the investigating enduring, powerful institutions.

Keywords: Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Research Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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