Wallenstein, Sven-Olov,

Biopolitics and the emergence of modern architecture / Sven-Olov Wallenstein. - First edition. - 96 pages : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 23 cm. - FORuM project. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-48)

The notion of biopolitics and the emergence of man -- A digression on Giorgio Agamben and biopolitics -- The end of Vitruvianism and the restructuring of the architectural treatise -- The hospital as laboratory -- Docile and resistant bodies -- Notes -- A pictorial essay on the development of modern hospital architecture.

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Architecture--Philosophy.
Architecture--Political aspects.
Hospital architecture

NA2500 / .W35 2009