Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity StateMichael Sorkin Routledge, 2008 - 398 pages Showing how the upswell of paranoia and growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these varied essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life. Starting from the most literal level--barricades and barriers in front of buildings, beefed up border patrols, gated communities, "safe rooms,"--to more abstract levels--enhanced surveillance at public spaces such as airports, increasing worries about contagion, the psychological predilection for fortified space--the contributors cover the full gamut of securitized public life that is defining the zeitgeist of twenty-first century America |
Table des matières
Cities and the War on Terror | 1 |
Empire of the Insensate | 29 |
Urban Operations and Network Centric Warfare | 51 |
Empires New Land Grab | 79 |
Waiting in African Cities | 97 |
Strategies of Surveillance Tactics of Encroachment | 111 |
Restating the Obvious | 141 |
Protecting the Indefensible from the Indeterminate | 163 |
Fear Insecurity and Paranoia | 233 |
Staged Authenticity Today | 259 |
Hardened Sites and Softened Symbols | 277 |
Whats Hiding in the Security State | 305 |
Thanatotactics | 325 |
A Brief History of the Car Bomb | 351 |
Contributor Notes | 377 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State Michael Sorkin Affichage d'extraits - 2008 |
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