Space And Power: Politics, War and Architecture

British social theorist Hirst (d. 2003) explores the various ways in which space is configured by power and becomes a resource for power. At different scales and under different social and technological conditions, he argues, spaces interact with and are constructed by forms of political power, armed conflict, and social control. He examines three scales: the state in cooperation and conflict with other states; the city as a self-governing subsidiary of a territorial state; and the building as an instrument of power. Distributed in the US by Blackwell Publishing. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)