Architecture of Oppression - The Ss, Forced Labor and the Nazi Monumental Building Economy

Zusatztext 'Paul Jaskot's book is a welcome injection of life into what had become a stale debate.' - Building Design! April 20! 2000'It does cast a significant new light on attempts to strip Nazi architecture of its political and moral associations.' - Building Design! April 20! 2000'Jaskot's attention to actions rather than motives! and to quarries rather than aesthetics! gives precision and weight to his argument about the importance placed upon monumental architecture in Nazi Germany!' - Harvard Design Magazine'This book is the result of painstaking research ... Jaskot has put another nail in the coffin of Leon Krier's extraordinary attempt to exonerate the Nazi monuments by removing them from their political context.' - The Architectural Review'The Architecture of Oppression could become a prime reference for the issues of art! architecture! and urban design! and the role of politics in general and the Nazis in particular.' - Town Planning Review'An invaluable understanding of the politics of architecture! one that complements and enhances those investigations to Nazi architecture's expression! ideological function with which we are already familiar.' - Oxford Art Journal'An important contribution shedding light upon the manifold interrelations between politics! architecture and the economy of the camp system.' - Planning Perspectives! 17 February 2002 Informationen zum Autor Paul B. Jaskot is Assistant Professor in the department of Art and Art History at DePaul University in Chicago. His work focuses on the relationship between culture and politics in modern European Art and Architecture. Klappentext This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Zusammenfassung This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Abbreviations. 1. Introduction: The Architectural Policy of the SS. 2. The Interest of the SS in the Monumental Building Economy. 3. The Party Rally Grounds at Nuremberg: SS Economic Goals and National Socialist Architectural Policy. 4. The Rebuilding of Berlin: The Interdependence of the GBI and the SS. 5. The Political Function of SS Architecture.6.Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index. ...

Product details

• Authors: Paul B. Jaskot
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.1999
• EAN: 9780415223416
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22341-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Architext
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Europe, The arts: general issues, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / General, History of art / art & design styles, The environment, Labour / income economics, History of Art, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of Architecture, Modern warfare, c 1940 to c 1949, History and Archaeology, Political oppression and persecution, Theory of architecture, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / Holocaust, The arts: general topics