Why modern architecture emerged in Europe, not America: the new class and the aesthetics of technocracy

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Issues related to the origin of modern architecture are examined, focusing on why the European aesthetic of technocracy prevailed over any US aesthetic. Topics include class struggle, the utilitarian nature of America, the theories of Pierre Bourdieu and Fredric Jameson, and the Frankfurt School of critical theory.

United States, Influence, Architecture, Modern, Modern architecture, Origin, Bourdieu, Pierre, Modernism, Technocracy

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Autonomous production?: on Negri's 'new synthesis'

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The author examines the work of cultural theorist Antonio Negri on Marxism, economic production, and the politics of cultural theory. Topics addressed include a segment of European communist thought called 'operaismo,' theories on the 'social factory,' and capitalized labor.

Criticism and interpretation, Culture, Critical Essay, Marx, Karl (German political philosopher), Communism, Production (Economics), Communism and culture, Marxist criticism, Negri, Antonio

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There's no place like home

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This article examines books on home and family life in Europe, focusing on concepts of domestic space. The author discusses difficulties dealing with domestic research and its revelations on the development of cultural identity.

Family, Domestic relations, Family relations, Home

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