Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State

by Michael Sorkin

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415953685
• ISBN13: 9780415953689
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 418 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"