Beschreibung:
All those concerned with the predicament in our current condition in which architecture must play a major social role in upholding the universal value of what Alain Badiou calls 'generic humanity' will take an interest in this work. In particular, architects, critics, scholars and students inside the field of architecture.
Apologue: Revolution, Critique, and Return to Philosophy Exordium: Learning from Valéry Reading Marx Critical Pedagogy: Architecture or Revolution PART 1 1. The Blank Wall: Architecture and the French Revolution Architecture and Bourgeoisie Invention of the Blank Wall Theses on the Blank Wall Virtue and Terror The Blank Wall and Philosophy of Revolution 2. The Architecture of Bonapartism Corbusianismand Bonapartism Keynesianism and Corbusianism Neo-Bonapartism and Specters of Le Corbusier PART 2 3. Marx and CritiqueCritique and Enlightenment Transcritique Critique and the Unconscious 4. Transcritique of ArchitectureThe Sublime Object of Critique Phantasmagoria of Architecture Architecture and the Capitalist Unconscious PART 3 5. Toward A Philosophy of Shelter Shelter, Not A Lofty Tower Universality of Shelter and the Philosophy of Right Coda: In Defence of Marx Index