Architecture, Democracy and Emotions - The Politics of Feeling since 1945 (Hardcover)

After 1945 it was not just Europe's parliamentary buildings that promised to house democracy: hotels in Turkey and Dutch shopping malls proposed new democratic attitudes and feelings. Housing programs in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union were designed with the aim of creating new social relations among citizens and thus better, more equal societies. Architecture, Democracy, and Emotions focuses on these competing promises of consumer democracy, welfare democracy, and socialist democracy. Spanning from Turkey across Eastern and Western Europe to the United States, the chapters investigate the emotional politics of housing and representation during the height of the Cold War, as well as its aftermath post-1989. The book assembles detailed research on how the claims and aspirations of being "democratic" influenced the affects of architecture, and how these claims politicized space. Architecture, Democracy, and Emotions contributes to the study of Europe's "democratic age" beyond Cold War divisions without diminishing political differences. The combination of an emotional history of democracy with an architectural history of emotions distinguishes the book's approach from other recent investigations into the interconnection of mind, body, and space.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2018
First published:	2019
Editors:	Till Grossmann • Philipp Nielsen
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
ISBN-13:	978-0-8153-5737-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Landscape art & architecture > City & town planning - architectural aspects Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8153-5737-0
Barcode:	9780815357377

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