THE ROUNDABOUT REVOLUTIONS

One common feature of the wave of recent revolutions and revolts around the world is not political but rather architectural: many er upted on inner-city roundabouts. In thinking about the relation between protest and urban form, Eyal Weizman starts with the May 19 80 uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, the first of the roundabout revolutions, and traces its lineage to the Arab Spring and its he llish aftermath.Rereading the history of the roundabout through the vortices of history that traverse it, the book follows the devel opment of ...[Read more]