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... If the Ferris wheel shows the way the wheels of capitalism turned ever faster as it ratcheted down violence and reinforced the desires of the market, Tatlin’s Tower could be said to be an attempt to do the reverse. Anchored to a Russian Constructivist vision of modernity in which science meets...

... and on to the Eiffel Tower, monumental works of modernity are employed in this chapter, and the following chapters, to plot the development of this new world of market-based rationality, knowledge, and power. division of labor bored Dasein Joseph Paxton Lilly House Exposition Universelle ...

... The move from the Eiffel Tower to the Ferris wheel monumentalizes not only the shift of modernity from Europe to America, but also the shift away from a capitalist system based purely on utility. The Ferris wheel shows how markets capture and calculate fun. While it failed to achieve the iconic...

... of the city would be defined by an element that fades into the broader picture: the bell towers, about a hundred of which dominate the skyline. As chapter 14 makes clear, bringing the bell towers back into focus also makes us aware of another way a bird’s-eye view obscures reality. From high in the air...

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... Palace and on to the Eiffel Tower, monumental works of modernity are employed in this chapter, and the following chapters, to plot the development of this new world of market-based rationality, knowledge, and power. division of labor bored Dasein Joseph Paxton Lilly House Exposition Universelle...