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The Afterlife of Utopia: Urban Renewal in Germany's Model Socialist City.
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| 著者・編者 | Fox, Samantha Maurer, |
|---|---|
| 出版社 | (Cornell University Press, US) |
| 出版年月 | 2026 |
| ページ数 | 246 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A04-5277＞ |
解説
In The Afterlife of Utopia, Samantha Maurer Fox traces the transformation of Eisenhuettenstadt, East Germany's first planned socialist city, from a Cold War showcase to a paragon of sustainable shrinkage. Founded in 1950 as Stalinstadt, the city was designed to embody socialist ideals. After German reunification, Eisenhuettenstadt lost over half its population, shifting from a model city at the center of the Eastern Bloc to a shrinking city on the nation's periphery.
Fox portrays Eisenhuettenstadt's story as reinvention rather than decline. Today, its restored center is Europe's largest protected historical site, reshaped by extensive demolition and renewal projects. Fox shows how these initiatives revived the city's original collectivist ideals, creatively reclaiming socialist heritage through an urban strategy unmatched in late industrial Europe. The Afterlife of Utopia explores what happens when grand ideological experiments outlive the regimes that built them, challenging assumptions about resilience, progress, and urban futurity.