Why read The Capsular Civilization?

Book cover of The Capsular Civilization: On the City in the Age of Fear

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Particularly since September 11, the War on Terrorism and the war in Iraq, it has been almost impossible to dissociate architecture from its social context. Add to this the massive influence of capitalism on architecture, disturbing demographic developments and associated political, social, and ecological catastrophes, and the result is a…

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1 author picked The Capsular Civilization as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Anne Lutz Fernandez

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This unusual and provocative collection of essays and reflections by a Belgian philosopher contains ideas about car culture I refer to and reflect on often though I first read them over a decade ago. The author led me to understand how cars, though they can close great distances and bring families and friends together, have also contributed to an atomized society in which we move between isolated places in isolation from each other, a separation aided by fear and adding to it.

From Anne's list on The best books for understanding America’s car system.