(dis)Functions: Marxist Theories of Architecture and the Avant-garde

This paper investigates the relationship between architecture and theories of the avant-garde in the critical projects of the 1970s, with a focus on the theories of Peter Bürger and Manfredo Tafuri. Both Tafuri and Bürger were writing from within the context of a radicalized Marxism and were fuelle...

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Main Author: Michael Chapman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Contemporary Aesthetics, Inc. 2014-01-01
Series:Contemporary Aesthetics
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Online Access:http://www.contempaesthetics.org/newvolume/pages/article.php?articleID=703