"Examining architecture's foundational role in the repression of democracyReinhold Martin and Claire Zimmerman bring together essays from an array of scholars exploring the troubled relationship between architecture and antidemocratic politics. Comprising detailed case studies throughout the world spanning from the early nineteenth century to the present, Architecture against Democracy analyzes crucial occasions when the built environment has been harnessed as an instrument of authoritarian power.
Alongside chapters focusing on paradigmatic episodes from twentieth-century German and Italian fascism, the contributors examine historic and contemporary events and subjects that are organized thematically, including the founding of the Smithsonian Institution, Ellis Island infrastructure, the aftermath of the Paris Commune, Cold War West Germany and Iraq, Frank Lloyd Wright's domestic architecture, and Istanbul's Taksim Square. Through the range and depth of these accounts, Architecture against Democracy presents a selective overview of antidemocratic processes as they unfold in the built environment throughout Western modernity, offering an architectural history of the recent ""nationalist international.""
As new forms of nationalism and authoritarian rule proliferate across the globe, this timely collection offers fresh understandings of the role of architecture in the opposition to democracy.
Contributors: Esra Akcan, Cornell U; Can Bilsel, U of San Diego; Jos H. Bortoluci, Getulio Vargas Foundation; Charles L. Davis II, U of Texas at Austin; Laura diZerega; Eve Duffy, Duke U; Mara Gonzlez Pends, Cornell U; Paul B. Jaskot, Duke U; Ana Mara Len, Harvard U; Ruth W. Lo, Hamilton College; Peter Minosh, Northeastern U; Itohan Osayimwese, Brown U; Kishwar Rizvi, Yale U; Naomi Vaughan; Nader Vossoughian, New York Institute of Technology and Columbia U; Mabel O. Wilson, Columbia U."
Edited by:
Reinhold Martin, Claire Zimmerman Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 879g ISBN:9781517916756 ISBN 10: 1517916755 Pages: 408 Publication Date:07 August 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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ELT Advanced
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Reinhold Martin is professor of architecture at Columbia University. Claire Zimmerman is associate professor in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto.