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Brutalism by Mbembe, Achille, 1957- is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Brutalism about?
In <i>Brutalism</i>, eminent social and critical theorist Achille Mbembe invokes the architectural aesthetic of brutalism to describe our moment, caught up in the pathos of demolition and production on a planetary scale. Just as brutalist architecture creates an affect of overwhelming weight and destruction, Mbembe contends that contemporary capitalism crushes and dominates all spheres of existence. In our digital, technologically focused era, capitalism has produced a becoming-artificial of hum
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Mbembe, Achille, 1957-
- Publisher
- Duke University Press, 2024.
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781478027720
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Sociology, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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