Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes)
In these diatribes on the marketing of culture and the branding of identity, the development of spectacle—architecture and the rise of global cities, Hal Foster surveys our new political economy of design. Written in a lively style, Design and Crime explores the historical relations of modern art and modern museum, the conceptual vicissitudes of art history and visual studies, the recent travails of art criticism, and the double aftermath of modernism and postmodernism in an attempt to illuminate the conditions for critical culture in the present.
Paperback, 192 pages
ISBN: 9781844676705
January 2011
$15.95 / £8.99
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Other Editions
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Paperback, 176 pages
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ISBN: 9781859844533
December 2003
$19.95
Hardback, 176 pages
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ISBN: 9781859846681
July 2002
$14.00
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Part of the Radical Thinkers series
Reviews
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Foster is spot-on ... exactly the kind of book the design world should want.
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Elegant and incisive essays.
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In a polite and even schmoozy art world, Foster stands out for being willing to make barbed comments on design gods.
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Foster makes a lot of sense.
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