| Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State Contributor(s): Sorkin, Michael (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415953685 ISBN-13: 9780415953689 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Indefensible Space explores is the increasing envelopment of public space and life by an architecture of security/paranoia. From the most literal level, barriers in front of buildings, to more abstract levels, enhanced surveillance of public spaces. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Public, Commercial & Industrial - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning |
| Dewey: 363.325 |
| LCCN: 2007009500 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.09" W x 8.91" (1.21 lbs) 418 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |