The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War: Architecture at War - Second Expanded Edition - Softcover

Bevan, Robert

 
9781780235974: The Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War: Architecture at War - Second Expanded Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1780235976 ISBN 13: 9781780235974
Verlag: Reaktion Books, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

Crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on September 11: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and the ravages of war, more than mere buildings are at stake. The Destruction of Memory&;now available in this accessible, pocket edition&;reveals the extent to which a nation weds itself to its landscape. Robert Bevan argues that such destruction not only shatters a nation&;s culture and morale but is also a deliberate act of eradicating a culture&;s memory and, ultimately, its existence.

Bevan combs through world history to highlight a range of wars and conflicts in which the destruction of architecture was pivotal. From Cortez&;s razing of Aztec cities to the carpet bombings of Dresden and Tokyo in World War II to the war in the former Yugoslavia, The Destruction of Memory exposes the cultural war that rages behind architectural annihilation, revealing that in this subliminal assault lies the complex aim of exterminating a people. He provocatively argues for &;the fatally intertwined experience of genocide and cultural genocide,&; ultimately proposing the elevation of cultural genocide from &;collateral damage&; to a crime punishable by international law.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robert Bevan is the architecture critic for the London Evening Standard and writes regularly on architectural, design, and housing issues. He lives in London.

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Verlag
Reaktion Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1780235976
ISBN 13 
9781780235974
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Anzahl der Seiten
303
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