Utopie by Craig Buckley - ISBN: 9781584350958
Hardcover
Key writings and projects from the group of architects, sociologists, and urbanists known as Utopie.

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    264 pages

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    24 June 2011

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Key writings and projects from the group of architects, sociologists, and urbanists known as Utopie.“When the imagination reaches and oversteps the boundaries authorized by the institution of culture, we speak of poetry, of utopia…. When the event reaches and oversteps the boundaries authorized by judicial law and by the anomic rules, we speak of revolution.”-Rene LourauThe short-lived grouping of architects, sociologists, and urbanists known as Utopie, active in Paris from 1967 to 1978, was …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781584350958
ISBN-10:1584350954
Author:Craig Buckley, Jean-Louis Violeau, Jean-Marie Clarke, René Lourau, Antoine Stinco, Hubert Tonka, Jean-Paul Jungmann, Collective
Publisher:Autonomedia
Imprint:Semiotext
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:24 June 2011
Weight:1.11kg
Dimensions:229mm x 178mm x 34mm
Series:Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents
Audience Age:18
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“Packs a lot of intellectual ammunition…[T]here is no shortage of incredibly astuteand insightful reflections on contemporary culture” – Peter Lang , TheArchitect’s Newspaper

Packs a lot of intellectual ammunition…[T]here is no shortage of incredibly astute and insightful reflections on contemporary culture

Peter Lang, The Architect’s Newspaper

About The Author

Craig Buckley

Craig Buckley teaches at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, where he is also the Director of Print Publications. His writing and criticism have appeared in Grey Room, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and other publications.Jean-Louis Violeau is a sociologist and researcher at the “Architecture-Culture-Societe” laboratory of the Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais in Paris. His most recent book is Les Architectes et Mai 68.Craig Buckley teaches at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation, where he is also the Director of Print Publications. His writing and criticism have appeared in Grey Room, the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, and other publications.Jean-Louis Violeau is a sociologist and researcher at the “Architecture-Culture-Societe” laboratory of the Ecole d’architecture de Paris-Malaquais in Paris. His most recent book is Les Architectes et Mai 68.Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Henri Lefebvre, born in 1959 in Salon-de-Provence, lives and works in Paris. He founded and directs Les Cahiers de la Seine, a publishing house devoted to contemporary poetry.Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.Jean Baudrillard (1929-2007) was a philosopher, sociologist, cultural critic, and theorist of postmodernity who challenged all existing theories of contemporary society with humor and precision. An outsider in the French intellectual establishment, he was internationally renowned as a twenty-first century visionary, reporter, and provocateur.

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