Review article
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.57.2.2
Postmodernism and City. From Aestheticization to Privatization of Urban Spaces
Mateo Žanić
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar – Centre Vukovar, Croatia
Abstract
The paper examines the ways interpretations of postmodernism dealt with questions of significant
changes in urban space. Investigation of those changes from the 1960s reveals that the
discussions about postmodernism mostly involved three thematic areas, namely the architecture
and construction of the city, the capitalist transformation of the city, and representations
of the city. After reviewing key papers dealing with postmodern architecture, modern capitalism,
and difficulties in representing urban space, the impact of social changes characteristic
of postmodernism on urban transformations is analyzed. Aestheticization, privatization, and
fragmentation appearing in the consumer society, the search for new collective identifications,
and an increased concern about satisfying personal needs are reconstructed in that context.
Keywords
urban space; postmodern architecture; consumerist society; fragmentation; aestheticization; privatization
Hrčak ID:
223123
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Publication date:
22.7.2019.
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