The dynamics of cities and the complexity of the problems that arise accompanying the movement of change have always been topics of interest to researchers from various scientific disciplines. The complexity of problems in the development of a city involves various interrelated variables, such as: social systems, spatial structure and ecological conditions. A city is imagined to be not just a passive natural entity, but a social entity that is always changing through the dynamics of institutions and social relations.
The book "Sociologizing Urban Space" examines city dynamics, spatial dialectics, and social reproduction in relation to ethnic residential centers in Makassar City. The emphasis is on changes in social spaces and the intersection between the poles of spatial meaning and social production processes. The city in this study is imagined as a space that is given and has meaning in such a way that changes are constructed through social processes. This desire to study space and place in relation to the process of social production is another dimension of modern sociology which has so far focused more on time, which is considered a dynamic field of social change. In this way, this book answers Foucault's anxiety and longing for the importance of writing the entire history of space through the study of historical sociology.
The discussion of this book includes: spatial conceptions and theories about cities; spatial elements that form the city of Makassar; direction of change in social spaces; historical, geographical, demographic and settlement agglomeration sketches; history of ethnic presence in Makassar; ethnic-based residential spaces; changes in settlement patterns and social reproduction; the face of space in a new social vision; and the meeting point between the poles of spatial meaning and social production processes.