Metastructure: Experimental Utopia and Traumatic Memory in Constant's New Babylon

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October 01 2008 Metastructure: Experimental Utopia and Traumatic Memory in Constant's New Babylon Tom McDonough Tom McDonough Tom McDonough, an editor at Grey Room, is Visiting Associate Professor in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley for the 2008–2009 academic year, on leave from his position at Binghamton University. His publications include "The Beautiful Language of My Century": Reinventing the Language of Contestation in Postwar France, 1945–1968, OCTOBER Books (MIT Press, 2007), and the anthologies Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents, OCTOBER Books (MIT Press, 2002) and The Invisible Flâneuse? (Manchester University Press, 2006). He is currently completing an anthology of writings on the city by members of the Situationist International, forthcoming from Verso. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Tom McDonough Tom McDonough, an editor at Grey Room, is Visiting Associate Professor in the History of Art Department at the University of California, Berkeley for the 2008–2009 academic year, on leave from his position at Binghamton University. His publications include "The Beautiful Language of My Century": Reinventing the Language of Contestation in Postwar France, 1945–1968, OCTOBER Books (MIT Press, 2007), and the anthologies Guy Debord and the Situationist International: Texts and Documents, OCTOBER Books (MIT Press, 2002) and The Invisible Flâneuse? (Manchester University Press, 2006). He is currently completing an anthology of writings on the city by members of the Situationist International, forthcoming from Verso. Online Issn: 1536-0105 Print Issn: 1526-3819 © 2008 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2008 Grey Room (2008) (33): 84–95. https://doi.org/10.1162/grey.2008.1.33.84 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Tom McDonough; Metastructure: Experimental Utopia and Traumatic Memory in Constant's New Babylon. Grey Room 2008; (33): 84–95. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/grey.2008.1.33.84 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsGrey Room Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 2008 by Grey Room, Inc. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.2008 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.