Straße, Platz, Palast – Jan-Werner Müller über die Architektur demokratischer Räume

with Catherine Newmark Jan-Werner Müller

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When discussing politics, we often draw on references to architecture and city planning: people take to the streets, the public sphere is seen as a marketplace of ideas, and glass-walled parliaments promise political transparency. But is there such a thing as democratic architecture?
In Street, Palace, Square, Jan-Werner Müller, a political science professor at Princeton and author (“What Is Populism?”), links the history of city planning with political thought: from ancient sites like the agora to planned cities in the Egyptian desert and the Reichstag dome in Berlin. In doing so, he develops building blocks for reflecting on democracy and architecture, along with the insight that democratic architecture must continually provide citizens with the opportunity to perceive one another from surprising perspectives. Host: N.N.

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