Koszmar partycypacji

by Markus Miessen, Michał Choptiany (translator)

Welcome to Harmonistan! Berlin-based architect/writer Markus Miessen tackles the pervasive contemporary overuse of the concept of "participation" in the final part of his paradigm-changing trilogy. Supported by a nostalgic veneer of worthiness, phony solidarity and political correctness, participation has become the default of politicians withdrawing from responsibility. Miessen argues for an urgent inversion of participation, reflecting cogently on the limits and traps of its real motivations. He dreads breeding the next generation of facilitators and mediators, insisting on conflict as an enabling, instead of disabling, force. With refreshing candor, this internationally known architect and professor outlines a format for acting as uninvited irritant, forcing entry into fields of knowledge that arguably benefit from exterior thinking. Sometimes, Miessen writes, democracy has to be avoided at all costs!

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2011

About the author

Markus Miessen is a Berlin-based architect, writer, and Professor at the Academy of Design, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Reviews

[Jessica Kufa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obyłabym się bez tej książki. Napisana źle/średnio - nie sposób nie zmęczyć się bałaganem argumentacji i powtarzanymi zwrotami.

[mahatmanto]

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