Nationalism and Architecture (Hardcover, New Ed)

Unlike regionalism in architecture, which has been widely discussed in recent years, nationalism in architecture has not been so well explored and understood. However, the most powerful collective representation of a nation is through its architecture and how that architecture engages the global arena by expressing, defining and sometimes negating a sense of nation in order to participate in the international world. Bringing together case studies from Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia, this book provides a truly global exploration of the relationship between architecture and nationalism, via the themes of regionalism and representation, various national building projects, ethnic and trans-national expression, national identities and histories of nationalist architecture and the philosophies and sociological studies of nationalism. It argues that nationalism needs to be trans-national as a notion to be critically understood and the geographical scope of the proposed volume reflects the continuing relevance of the topic within current architectural scholarship as an overarching notion. The interdisciplinary essays are coherently grouped together in three thematic sections: Revisiting Nationalism, Interpreting Nationalism and Questioning Nationalism. These chapters, offer vignettes of the protean appearances of nationalism across nations, and offer a basis of developing wider knowledge and critically situated understanding of the question, beyond a singular nation's limited bounds.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ashgate Studies in Architecture
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Darren Deane • Sarah Butler
Editors:	Raymond Quek
Dimensions:	246 x 174 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	352
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-3385-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Theory of architecture Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Nationalism
LSN:	1-4094-3385-4
Barcode:	9781409433859

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