Main entry:

Bateson, Anthony Alan.

Title & Author:

Execution of architecture/architecture of execution, or, the persistence of collective memory / by Anthony Alan Bateson.

Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI Dissertation Services, 2007.

Description:

x, 272 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 22 cm

Notes:
Print reproduction of author's thesis (master)--University of Waterloo, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-272).
An encounter with the Kingston "Hanging Tower" -- Homo sacer : sovereign power, bare life and the state of exception -- Execution of architecture/architecture of execution -- The basis of collective memory : executions of the past -- The many forms of historic capital punishment : an evolution of execution -- Lessons from history : architectural trends and the creation of collective memory -- The peer and executioner, the anonymous executioner : the firing squad -- Honour in death and executions in feudal Japan : death by the sword -- The invisible condemned : bare life, the mob, and the state of exception -- A visit to Hell : the Holocaust and the Final Solution -- Hiding executions : the modern 'humanitarian' position -- Lessons from the present : the new trend of secrecy and denial -- The persistence of memory : on our modern alternatives to execution -- The modern crisis of representation : what is the architecture of execution? -- Appendix A . The story of M2 : the samurai vs. Mr. Auschwitz/finding a thesis -- Appendix B. State of exception/state of repression : sovereign response to the cult of the individual.
Also available online in pdf format.

Summary:

"This thesis deals with a subject matter which may be considered by some to be undesirable and taboo; that is, the architecture of capital punishment, torture and death. While the content is at times difficult, this book attempts to go beyond initial reactions of support or distaste for the practice of execution. It instead attempts to bring to light the importance of the representation of these events, brought to light by the strength of modern collective thought on the issue, through an architectural discourse. Through space and ritual capital punishment entered into the minds of the people, and through space and ritual the practice can be withdrawn. But should it vanish, or is a continued representation important, and even necessary? My purpose is not to force an opinion, one way or the other, onto anyone. My intention is merely to raise the question in the mind of the reader of this work."--Abstract

Resources:
link to pdf

ISBN:

0494144831
9780494144831

Subject:

Executions and executioners.
Execution sites.

Form/genre:

Theses.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 251904
Call No.: BIB 181543
Status: Available