Against Architecture
The Writings of Georges Bataille
Denis Hollier ; trans. by Betsy Wing

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Author(s)

Denis Hollier

Publication, year

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : The MIT Press, 1998

Scope

201 Pages, 22 cm.

ISBN

0262581132

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Hollier approaches Bataille through his criticism of architecture. Bataille stressed the authoritarian potential of monuments: their builders often sought to mould human beings according to a fixed plan. He did not, however, repudiate architecture altogether but felt its rigid character needed to be balanced by the unformed and often violent side of human personality.

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Location

Cabinet 19 - 4: Architectuur en onbehagen

Extra themes

Body and Architecture, Body and Space, Residents and the built environment ;

Remarks

Incl.notes and Index.