The Sociology of Architecture
Constructing Identities
Distributed for Liverpool University Press
288 pages
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20 color plates
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6 x 9
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© 2011
Drawing on sociological theories to assist understanding of how political power operates in the cultural sphere, The Sociology of Architecture frames the discipline as a field of symbolic and material conflict over social identities. This volume contests the notion of architecture as an apolitical endeavor and suggests that major architectural projects can act as tangible expressions of the ultimately contested nature of collective identities, thus shedding light on how those with power both legitimate and mark their position in the world.
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Architecture, Power and Identities: Surveying the Field
2. The Public Discourse of Architecture: Socializing Identities
3. Architecture and the Nation: Building an ‘Us’
4. Modernity and Mega-Events: Architecturing a Future
5. Architecture and Commemoration: The Construction of Memorialization
6. Iconic Architecture and Regeneration: The Form is the Function
7. ‘European’ Architecture: Politics in Search of Form and Meaning
8. Conclusion: Sociology, Architecture and the Politics of Building
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations
Introduction
1. Architecture, Power and Identities: Surveying the Field
2. The Public Discourse of Architecture: Socializing Identities
3. Architecture and the Nation: Building an ‘Us’
4. Modernity and Mega-Events: Architecturing a Future
5. Architecture and Commemoration: The Construction of Memorialization
6. Iconic Architecture and Regeneration: The Form is the Function
7. ‘European’ Architecture: Politics in Search of Form and Meaning
8. Conclusion: Sociology, Architecture and the Politics of Building
Bibliography
Index
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