Architecture of Survival - Setting and Politics in Apocalypse Films

This book argues that apocalypse films offer instruction about architecture's social significance. Through set design, films suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible.

List of contents

Chapter 1. The Aesthetics of Sterility: Modernist Architecture and the End of the World
Chapter 2. Home Life in the Apocalypse: Restoring the Good City
Chapter 3. "Tear Down That Wall": False Promises of Security
Chapter 4. Taking It to the Streets: Politics and Streetscapes in the Future City
Chapter 5. Invisible Architecture: Technology and Control in the Smart City
Chapter 6. Design to Survive: Lessons from Hollywood

About the author

By Erik Trump and Jake Parcell

Summary

This book argues that apocalypse films offer instruction about architecture’s social significance. Through set design, films suggest that certain kinds of architecture support human development, community, and freedom, while other kinds separate us from our fellow humans and make democratic politics impossible.

Product details

• Authors: Jake Parcell, Erik Trump, Erik Parcell Trump, Trump Erik
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781666908206
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-820-6
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Politics, Literature, & Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Architecture, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, ARCHITECTURE / General, Terrorism, armed struggle