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Indefensible space : the architecture of the national insecurity state / edited by Michael Sorkin.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Terrorism--United States--Prevention.
- Terrorism.
- Paranoia--Social aspects.
- Paranoia.
- Fear--Social aspects.
- Defenses.
- Public opinion.
- United States.
- National security--United States.
- National security.
- Civil defense--United States.
- Civil defense.
- War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
- United States--Defenses--Public opinion.
- Fear--Social aspects--United States.
- Fear.
- Paranoia--Social aspects--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, [2008]
- Summary:
- "Indefensible Space "features a prominent cast of contributors writing on one of the central urban issues of our times: the increasing envelopment of public space and public life by an architecture of security. Starting from the most literal level - concrete barricades and barriers in front of buildings, beefed up border patrols, gated communities, "safe rooms," well defended office spaces - to more abstract levels - enhanced surveillance at public spaces such as airports, increasing worries about contagion, the psychological need for fortified space - the contributors cover the full gamut of securitized public life in America today.
- Contents:
- Fear factor
- Cities and the war on terror
- Empire of the insensate
- Urban operations and network centric warfare
- Planet America : empire's new land grab
- Waiting in African cities
- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment
- Restating the obvious
- The threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate
- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown
- Back to zero : mourning in America
- The new emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia
- Stage authenticity today
- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols
- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state
- Thanatotactics
- "The poor man's airforce": a brief history of the car bomb.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415953689
- 0415953685
- 9780415953672
- 0415953677
- OCLC:
- 86038119
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