The politics and architecture within and against capitalism Aureli, Pier Vittorio. creator Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture text bibliography nyu 2008 First edition monographic eng

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88 p., [32] p. of plates ill. (some col.) 23 cm. "Autonomia" was an Italian new social movement of the mid-to late-1970s that combined several single-issue activist groups into one movement united by a shared belief in maintaining their autonomy from the state. Educator Pier Vittorio Aureli traces the influence of Autonomia on architectural thinking. Aureli examines how post-1968 political events and a rethinking of Marxist theory by intellectuals like Mario Tronti influenced a variety of that era's architectural projects and writings, including Manfredo Tafuri's critique of architectural ideology; architect Aldo Rossi's reinvention of categories in his book The Architecture of the City; as well as Rossi's 1962 government center for Turin. Contents: Autonomy and history -- Autonomy and the left -- Autonomy and the intellectuals -- Panzieri: Capitalism and technological innovation are one and the same -- Tronti: Society is a factory -- Tronti and Cacciari: Autonomy of the political and negative thought -- Rossi: The concept of the Locus as political category of the city -- Archizoom: The autonomy of theory versus the ideology of the metropolis -- Aftermath. Aureli, Pier Vittorio; Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture Series numbering from jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-88). Architecture, Modern 20th century Architecture, Postmodern Architecture Political aspects NA680 A93 2008 724/.6 9781568987941 2008005448 pucpr 020110 20200227153823.0 eng