The Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist Globalization

Sklair, Leslie

ISBN 10: 0190464186 / ISBN 13: 9780190464189

Published by Oxford University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist Globalization
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190464186
• ISBN 13: 9780190464189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

The Icon Project argues that the transnational capitalist class mobilizes two forms of iconic architecture--unique icons recognized as works of art, notably designed by global starchitects (such as Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid); and typical icons copying elements of unique icons--to promote the same ideological message: the culture-ideology of consumerism.

About the Author

Leslie Sklair is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He worked in a cotton mill outside Glasgow for two years before going to university to study sociology and philosophy. Both experiences fostered a life-long interest in how capitalist society works in different ways for different groups of people. In particular his long-standing interest in architecture and cities sharpened his vision on the power of the built environment to shape our lives.