Owen Hatherley
Owen Hatherley is a contributor to Blueprint, the New Statesman and The Wire. He blogs at Nasty, Brutalist and Short. His first book, Militant Modernism is published by Zero Books
Articles by Owen Hatherley
Book review: Leftism Reinvented
In a capitalist crisis, voters are punishing socialist parties. In her new book, Stephanie L. Mudge asks why.
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Through the hard times and the good
We might not realise it, but our image of modern Britain owes a debt to the propaganda arm of empire.
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The last city of the Soviets
After the catastrophe of Chernobyl, Soviet architects built a new ideal city on humanist principles, the Ukrainian town of Slavutych.
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Architecture for the people
What do the "culture palaces" of the 20th century tell us about the world today?
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Book review: Isaac and Isaiah by David Caute
A compelling, unusual study in intellectual history.
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Talking ’bout a revolution
With the whiff of rebellion again in the air, the work of Victor Serge is being rediscovered. Not before time, says Owen Hatherley
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The flawed Olympic legacy
The construction of the Olympic Park has transformed East London. But will the plush shopping mall and gated developments really benefit local residents? asks Owen Hatherley
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Book review: The Immortalisation Commission by John Gray
Owen Hatherley tires of the same old song
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Blood and guts
Dublin Science Gallery’s latest exhibition Visceral crosses the boundaries between art and biology. Owen Hatherley pays a stomach-churning visit
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Book Review: Richard by Ben Myers
Owen Hatherley enjoys a novel view of the Manics
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Book review: The Coming of the Body by Hervé Juvin
Owen Hatherley embraces the society of the body
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On Tractor Street
From elegant modernism to Stalinist kitsch, the history of the Soviet Union’s journey is written all over its facades, finds Owen Hatherley
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First As Tragedy, Then As Farce by Slavoj Žižek
Owen Hatherley finds Žižek actually making sense
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Atheism in Christianity by Ernst Bloch
Owen Hatherley sings the praises of Ernst Bloch, the prophet of serious atheism
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Sphere of influence
Blogs can be sloppy and vitriolic, admits Owen Hatherley. But they are also a breeding ground for original voices
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Space invaders
New towns are often derided as eyesores. But, argues Owen Hatherley, they could transform the future, if we save them from the traditionalists
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Cold flesh
From interior designer to poet of the grotesque – Owen Hatherley traces the evolution of a tortured artistic humanist
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The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken: The New Politics of Religion in the United States
Owen Hatherley gets to grips with the Religious Right
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Ring master
High flying, visual acrobatics, visceral shocks – Russia’s greatest director used the tricks of the circus to captivate the crowds. Owen Hatherley takes a seat in Eisenstein’s big top
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Cosy concrete
Alvar Aalto's organic modernism may be seductive. But, warns Owen Hatherley, it can also lead to the banal
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