Derek S. Denman

Fortress Power

Hostile Designs and the Politics of Spatial Control

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Focusing on the defensive architecture of bastion fortresses, urban design, and border landscapes, Fortress Power charts the rise of a form of governance grounded in hostility. Detailing how power manifests in everything from city centers to international boundaries, Derek S. Denman presents an insightful investigation of the weaponization of the built environment"-- Provided by publisher.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 216mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9781517917937
• ISBN-10: 151791793X
• Artikelnr.: 73525870

Autorenporträt

Derek S. Denman earned his PhD in political science from Johns Hopkins University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction
1. Military Fortification: Fortress Architecture and Defense in Depth
2. Fortress Cities, Defensible Space, and Policing through Hostile Design
3. Designing Border Landscapes and the Necropolitics of Hostile Terrain
4. Democratic Fortitude: The Counterlogistics of Barricades and Circulation
Struggles
Conclusion: Speculative Futures of a Fortified Planet
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index