Title & Author:

Indefensible space : the architecture of the national insecurity state / edited by Michael Sorkin.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, ©2008.

Description:

xvii, 398 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fear factor -- Cities and the war on terror -- Empire of the insensate -- Urban operations and network centric warfare -- Planet America : empire's new land grab -- Waiting in African cities -- Border tours : strategies of surveillance, tactics of encroachment -- Restating the obvious -- The threat from within : protecting the indefensible from the indeterminate -- Blank slates and disaster zones : the state, September 11, and the displacement of Chinatown -- Back to zero : mourning in America -- The new emotions of home : fear, insecurity, and paranoia -- Stage authenticity today -- Architecture emblematic : hardened sites and softened symbols -- Me and my monkey : what's hiding in the security state -- Thanatotactics -- "The poor man's airforce": a brief history of the car bomb.

Summary:

Working on the assumption that the growing demand for security in the post-9/11 world has paradoxically created widespread insecurity, these essays examine how this anxiety-laden mindset erodes spaces both architectural and personal, encroaching on all aspects of everyday life.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

9780415953689 (pbk.)
0415953685 (pbk.)
9780415953672 (cloth)
0415953677 (cloth)

Subject:

Terrorism United States Prevention.
National security United States.
Civil defense United States.
War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
Fear Social aspects United States.
Paranoia Social aspects United States.
Guerre contre le terrorisme, 2001-2009.
Peur Aspect social États-Unis.
Paranoïa Aspect social États-Unis.
Civil defense.
Fear Social aspects.
Military readiness Public opinion.
National security.
Paranoia Social aspects.
Terrorism Prevention.
Innere Sicherheit
Terrorismus
Angst
Öffentlicher Raum
Überwachung
Defenses Public opinion. United States.
Terrorismbekämpning Förenta staterna.
Säkerhetspolitik Förenta staterna.
Civilförsvar Förenta Staterna.
United States Defenses Public opinion.
États-Unis Défense nationale Opinion publique.
United States.
USA

Added entries:

Sorkin, Michael, 1948-2020.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 261350
Call No.: BIB 192354
Status: Available