{"product_id":"9781350371095","title":"Form and Fetish Architecture, the Commodity, and the Ends of Capitalism","description":"\u003ch1\u003eForm and Fetish\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eArchitecture, the Commodity, and the Ends of Capitalism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDouglas Spencer\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArchitecture \/ Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than half a century, critical theory has seen architecture as an ideological tool of capitalism. \u003ci\u003eForm and Fetish \u003c\/i\u003econfronts this assumption – developing a new form of critique to fundamentally rethink the relationship between architecture and capitalism at a time of economic crisis and environmental breakdown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouglas Spencer, author of the critically acclaimed\u003ci\u003e The Architecture of Neoliberalism\u003c\/i\u003e, introduces contemporary Marxist theories of value, commodity fetishism, and economic compulsion to examine architecture as a vehicle for accumulation and a means of subjectification.  From architectures of luxury in Seoul, Bangkok, and London to climate-controlled enclaves in Singapore, from billionaire real estate in Los Angeles through to Saudi Arabia's NEOM, Spencer explores how architecture has shaped itself to these ends through its disdain for everyday use and its fetishization of form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs capitalism buckles under the weight of its own contradictions, \u003ci\u003eForm and Fetish\u003c\/i\u003e is an appeal to de-fetishize, dis-alienate and re-collectivize the design and construction of the built environment. With its capacity to protect and to shelter, to articulate and mediate our relationships to others and our environments, architecture, Spencer argues, is too essential to be treated as exceptional, too important to be determined by exchange value.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a must-read for architects, architectural theorists, critical theorists and philosophers – all who wish to seize the opportunity to rethink design and building activity as a means to realize collectively conceived ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDouglas Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e is Pickard Chilton Professor of Architecture and Director of Graduate Education in the Architecture Department of Iowa State University, USA. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Architecture of Neoliberalism \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2016) and \u003ci\u003eCritique of Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350371095\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e232\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51669641691276,"sku":"9781350371095","price":26.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_e511e5e3-f013-4bcf-906a-d6cda650fcf9.jpg?v=1785203154","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350371095","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}