Wallenstein, Sven-Olov
Wallenstein, Sven-Olov
Bio Sketch
Sven-Olov Wallenstein is a Swedish philosopher and critic, professor of philosophy at Södertörn University (Stockholm). He works at the intersection of continental philosophy (post-Kantian and post-Heideggerian traditions, Frankfurt School) and architecture theory, publishing widely in both Swedish and English. He is the author of such studies as The Silences of Mies, essays on architecture and philosophy, and editor of Axl Books' architecture-theory line.
Key Works
- Architecture, Critique, Ideology (2016) — collected essays defending and rethinking critical theory in architecture, from Tafuri to noopolitics.
- The Silences of Mies (2008) — on Mies van der Rohe and the modern project, engaging Heidegger, Adorno, and nihilism.
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Relevance to Geoffrey's Research
Wallenstein is a central resource for Geoffrey's research on postmodernism and critique and neoliberalism and architecture: he defends the legacy of critical theory (Tafuri, Adorno) against the post-critical/projective current, and analyzes Koolhaas's CCTV and the affective/noopolitical turn directly relevant to the entrepreneur-of-self and governmentality literature (Foucault, Spencer). His reading of ideology as material spatial practice connects architecture to the ideology critique tradition that runs through Geoffrey's core areas.
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