Modernism's magic hat: architecture and the illusion of development without capital

"Modernism's Magic Hat examines how modern architects and planners help resolve one of the central dilemmas of the mid-twentieth-century world order: how to make decolonization plausible without accounting for centuries of capital drain under colonial rule. In the years after World War II,...

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1. Verfasser: Muzaffar, Ijlal (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Austin, Texas University of Texas Press 2024
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Lateral exchanges: architecture, urban development, and transnational practices
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Zusammenfassung:"Modernism's Magic Hat examines how modern architects and planners help resolve one of the central dilemmas of the mid-twentieth-century world order: how to make decolonization plausible without accounting for centuries of capital drain under colonial rule. In the years after World War II, architects and planners found extensive opportunities in new international institutions and helped shape new models of global intervention that displaced the burden of change onto the inhabitants. Muzaffar argues that architecture in this domain didn't just symbolically represent power, but formed the material domain through which new modes of power acquired sense. Looking at a series of architectural projects across the world, Muzaffar explores how architects and planners shaped new ideas of time, land, climate, and the decolonizing body, making them appear as sources of untapped value. What resulted, Muzaffar argues, is a widespread belief in spontaneous Third World "development" without capital, which continues to foreclose any global discussion of colonial theft"--Back cover
Beschreibung:328 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
ISBN:9781477329481
9781477329665

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