The architecture of neoliberalism : how contemporary architecture became an instrument of control and compliance / Douglas Spencer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spencer, Douglas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture and society.

Architecture--Political aspects.

Architecture.

Neoliberalism.

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Summary:

"Neoliberalism is a project to remake us, and our world, according to a purely economic rationality. In societies where the logic of the market reigns unopposed we must fashion our lives as entrepreneurial endeavors. We must be networked, in constant circulation, opportunistic. The Architecture of Neoliberalism pursues an uncompromising critique of architecture's part in this neoliberal turn. This book reveals how a self-styled parametric, post-critical and projection architecture serves mechanisms of control and compliance while promoting itself as progressive."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Architecture, Neoliberalism and the Game of Truth

Necessary Ignorance: The Art of Neoliberal Governmentality

The Spatial Constitution of the Neoliberal Subject

Architectural Theory: From May '68 to the 'Real' of the Market

Labour Theory: Architecture, Work and Neoliberalism

Festivals of Circulation: Neoliberal Architectures of Culture, Commerce and Education

Neoliberalism and Affect: Architecture and the Patterning of Experience

Conclusion: The Necessity of Critique.

Notes:

Includes bibliiographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472581525

1472581520

9781472581518

1472581512

OCLC:

926061799