The Space of Agonism: Markus Miessen in Conversation with Chantal Mouffe by Markus Miessen, Chantal Mouffe

The Space of Agonism: Markus Miessen in Conversation with Chantal Mouffe

by Markus Miessen, Chantal Mouffe
Sternberg Press · 2012 · Softcover with dust jacket

Conversations between the architect Markus Miessen and the political theorist Chantal Mouffe on agonism, the idea that democratic space depends on conflict as well as consensus.

The dialogues date from 2006 to 2011 and take up conflict-based forms of participation as an alternative spatial practice, Mouffe's concept of conflictual consensus, and strategies for resisting the global spread of neoliberalism. The book includes 23 colour illustrations and artwork and text by Rabih Mroue, and was designed by Zak Group. Parts 1 to 3 were published earlier in Miessen's The Nightmare of Participation.

Miessen (b. Bonn, 1978) is a German architect and writer who edits the Critical Spatial Practice series with Nikolaus Hirsch. Mouffe (b. 1943) is a Belgian political theorist known for her work with Ernesto Laclau and for arguing for a conflict-oriented model of radical democracy. Sternberg Press published the book in Berlin in 2012.

Details

Publisher Sternberg Press
Year 2012
ISBN 9783943365412
Format Softcover with dust jacket
Pages 148
Dimensions 15cm × 10.5cm
Language English

Notes

Critical Spatial Practice 2, a series edited by Nikolaus Hirsch and Markus Miessen. Page count: Sternberg Press lists 148 pp, the Getty record 119. Out of print at the publisher. Identified from a spine photograph; edition not checked against the copy.

Contributors

Editor Markus Miessen, Nikolaus Hirsch
Contributors Rabih Mroue (Artwork and text)
Designer Zak Group

Tags

Architecture Political Theory Agonism Participation Spatial Practice Interviews
From the record Interviews Published in the 2010s