Biopolitics and the Emergence of Modern Architecture concerns the dissolution of the classical paradigm of architecture as imitative form in the context of the French Enlightenment, and analyzes the emergence of a new logic of architecture based on a biopolitical process of subject formation. Published shortly after the release of the first English translation of Foucault's The Birth of Biopolitics, this is the first volume that specifically relates the biopolitical concept to architecture.
"This book is a comprehensive reader analysing the role of modern architecture, city planning and consumption in the construction of the Swedish welfare state. The book draws mainly from the formative phase of the Swedish model, but also on European and American examples, and attempts to highlight the contradictions and complexities of the process of modernisation."--Publisher
Exploring the interplay between architectural theory and practice, this book invites readers to reconsider the relationship as a critical dialogue rather than a binary opposition. It emphasizes the historical variability of their intersection, presenting critique as a dynamic force that disrupts conventional timelines, opening both past and future to new possibilities. By framing critique and creation as interconnected activities, the work suggests a reimagined understanding of architecture as a space where innovation and reflection coexist.
The Uses of Hegel's Philosophy in Marxist Theory from Georg Lukács to Slavoj iek
The anthology explores the significant influence of Hegelian Marxism as a radical intellectual tradition since the 1920s, focusing on figures like Georg Lukács and Karl Korsch. It examines how various Hegelian Marxists have utilized Hegel's philosophical framework across different historical, political, and intellectual contexts over the last century to innovate and revitalize Marxist theory.
The book explores the intersection of art and technology in modernism through three pivotal instances: the invention of photography, the avant-garde movements of Futurism and Constructivism, and architectural debates of the early 20th century. It delves into the philosophical responses to nihilism from Walter Benjamin, Ernst Jünger, and Martin Heidegger, highlighting their avant-garde perspectives that view art as a potential remedy for the crises of modernity.