Commodification of land, not utopian design, universalized abstract space
Evidence
In spite of the plethora of utopian plans, the ‘something more’ that came to dominate was private property in land, and the buying and selling of space as a commodity. — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1614
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Postmodern architecture rejected utopian planning in favor of market-driven spontaneity — Perry Anderson, The Origins of Postmodernity, 59; Rational social planning necessarily requires fixed abstract space-time representations — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 1609; Digital platform enclosure is continuous with historical land enclosure, transforming relational life into extraction — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror…, 126 (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Digital platform enclosure is continuous with historical land enclosure, transforming relational life into extraction
#expands(0.82) — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 126 - Universal maps established space as independent of any particular place
#expands(0.80) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 55 - Space is not freedom but permanent construction through contested social interactions
#complicates(0.78) - Postmodern architecture’s surface fascination masks underlying conflicts between place-rootedness and cosmopolitan style.
#complicates(0.76) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 548 - Institutionalized space appropriation produces territorially bounded social solidarity
#complicates(0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 1395 - Postmodern abstractions that claim universality are actually local and self-inverting.
#contradicts(0.74) — Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic…, 850