https://metropolitics.org/ Favoriser les débats et confronter les savoirs et les savoir-faire sur la ville, l'architecture et les territoires. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://metropolitics.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH20/siteon0-bf96f.png?1760617828 https://metropolitics.org/ 20 144 https://metropolitics.org/Haussmann-from-modernity-to-revolution.html https://metropolitics.org/Haussmann-from-modernity-to-revolution.html 2013-05-15T08:32:12Z text/html en Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine capitalism urban history social movement Paris Haussmann Marxism <p>Jean-Marie Huriot shows how the latest work by geographer David Harvey to be translated into French sheds new light on the major changes that affected Paris from 1848 to 1871. Through a process of creative destruction, “Haussmannisation” brought with it modernity, but also set the stage for the rise of the Paris Commune. <br class='autobr' /> In the tumultuous period of Paris's history that extends from the barricades of 1848 to the bloody repression of the Commune in 1871, profound transformations occurred that</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Reviews-.html" rel="directory">Reviews</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-capitalism-+.html" rel="tag">capitalism</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-urban-history-+.html" rel="tag">urban history</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-social-movement-+.html" rel="tag">social movement</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Paris-+.html" rel="tag">Paris</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Haussmann-+.html" rel="tag">Haussmann</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-Marxism-+.html" rel="tag">Marxism</a> https://metropolitics.org/Towers-of-Power.html https://metropolitics.org/Towers-of-Power.html 2012-01-25T06:00:00Z text/html en Jean-Marie Huriot & translated by Oliver Waine architecture capitalism skyscrapers towers high-rise <p>Following on from Manuel Appert's contribution, Jean-Marie Huriot discusses what is at stake in the skyscraper race. He believes the arguments presented in favour of building ever higher towers are biased, or even erroneous, and are a smokescreen for the true reason – something of an open secret – namely their role as a symbol of wealth and economic and financial power in the competitive context of declining global neocapitalism. <br class='autobr' /> ---- Series: The Resurgence of Towers in European Cities In</p> - <a href="https://metropolitics.org/-Debates-.html" rel="directory">Debates</a> / <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-architecture-+.html" rel="tag">architecture</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-capitalism-+.html" rel="tag">capitalism</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-skyscrapers-+.html" rel="tag">skyscrapers</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-towers-+.html" rel="tag">towers</a>, <a href="https://metropolitics.org/+-high-rise-+.html" rel="tag">high-rise</a>