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Babylonian Social Engineering

Te ll eeered et w r the d exred the .Fr h hrt lved hee,t ed t qre rerlehtrl fie. Perh eethe ll eeered et hd ee

l te the d, fter tdee, lve etl e,e t l rt f ht . Ith rtle I hll ttet t drw d f the ll eeeredet, v e tht, fr ltl well rtt tdt,e t the , d trethe th frt t the reet d well.

Itll, l eeer de tetre rt: Stt, d rtlr Ctt New Bl.At hlf eert lter l e-eer w eted the ltlhere, l t der rel te erlter, r evet t e rel trfred. Te reewed teret

Ctt wr ver the lt te erhw t wht deree l eeer fr t tll ext t w edertd tl ter. A relt,rhtetre d tehl lterlle t l rle the h tl f l e telf, t l fr d ehvr wth tht e.

Te M f Pltl Sleer

Te Dth ter maakbaarheid(leeer), r maakbare samenleving(ll eeered et) f reetvte. It l r fr the firtte the l dre the lte

d erl . Odd, tll, fr hlher hve tede

t eqte der-t d leeer; eveI elf reetlred tht leeer

rdt f theFreh Revlt.Te exltfr th rettrdt l hlhl, tlet Heel: l eeer l e dertd whe t dee lred derw, the twlht, ther wrd, whh Merv wlte flht. Te ft tht et der-td telf ll eeered frl hrt te erh de t theft tht t ext l d thrhthe tvt f t eeer, tfr elf frt d elf rdtt le whe th t eeelf reflexve d rele t tetl f

e ele t ll. Elhteetd dert etled the re thtevere ld d hld e rele fr the h f l lfe.Te relt f tht re, whhlttel t le the d

, ltel fied tdee. J Wlle Dved d Idde H, ther llet l eeer, ft e f thetred f the et f the lleeered et. Te tred, Iwld dd, lerrl the fttht t fll vtt t h f d th, jt tred the her fll vt t ver-

reh, t fr pleonexia) f t tht telf rht r eer.

. Te firt e reflet e f the etMaak aarhei vanonze samen eving, edted N.H. D e (Br: ambo,).

. Re Be, De nieuwewanor e (Ater : VGee, ), .

. Gj v Oee,Derte e trf e re e ev,

Justitile Verkenningen, ,, .

. J Wlle Dvedd Id de H (ed.),

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Te firt fett f l e-eer, let der dfferet e, rereeted the ere FrlRevelt ttted the ttle e d l relt the usa fter the drtve r f the

lte . Of re th w trverl, delll hred rre:wth h New Del, Revelt w t the revl lerl dtref trtl freed d eelf detert. Ad he jed ew rret e, whhder the lederh f Kee dlter Glrth red tht veretld d hld delertel dte l.

T, eee, w the et fr rder develet l d-trt, whh the et f lee etrl. Pl rdt erh eve therdt f the lleeered et. If e erel

t rder et, t the lw derh we wr, e e d wthlt, tht t tlte lwd relt d h vlttheref. Oe wh t ake et,hwever, eed l.

Pl tll , r t t t etterw, doesthe fllw: trfr lt-l de fr ft t re, re whh ele lt,rert, te re ddreed rte vlved. Te ree f l tht t e de, d f eede t t t t r ler eh. I rder t rele de,t eer tht the rte vlvedtllbecomevlved. Te t

e fred t the re dthe rd f ltl de;

the t tvel trte de dert.

Pl th le, d t r-rl ed fre r dt, t ed ht d er. T el hrtert exre f ter-

tvt. Itll t w the rertwth l dtrt wh hd te erded, t t lter te theerl t w te well. Tet hld t e rtl frted l, t ted ee vlved t ret, dertd t rtle derte t leett. All th, the e hd, ed derttve f tve teh, rt-t d vlveet. Bt the therhd, d ertl t the lt le, tve f effie. Pl trte t the ret f l rt, t lled. Wth th the rdf l eeer fll ered:veret d te de d

rele et .A tttl exre f th,

the Sl d Cltrl Pl Offief the Netherld (scp) w fded , ttve f J DeUl veret. O the e hdth wleded tht th ew erthe veret ld ler llt the lder Netherld Brefr E Pl Al (the cpb,fded ); t eeded re htt d rte theexted the dert d lrl et. O the ther hd, theellt l ffie reedtt, dt tht l eeerreed qet f etrl leder

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the the-dretr f the scp, L vee, h hrtert f l- deee f der,thrh whh everth d evere e te t t. It w tled lt tht w dert,

t ft led lt, fr t ddt te the dere d eed f thelt t t. Te tttf the scp dtedtht l eeer hd eereflexve d elfwre d w t erhed thrhl. At thee te, t w felt t the te thtreflexve l eeer e hd hd trll d elel wthdertt, t de thtwld t rvve ver l.

Te fd f the scp l rvded fie lltrt f the tl he f

tertve dtrt d wth t, I hll re, l the e f theed f the ll eeered et. Ith the eret, d r-te f te ee relevt ftr ltl de- t etlrefr. I ther wrd, the were fit the frt f l. Te d tttde f te were ler ee dhtl terf vt r rete t wht wdeded lt. Tere w re-t tht dvert f extedd tht th, rle, w let-te exre f the rtlr wtht der te, rd t therw lht, ttet t he ther lve.

Set l e de, r lleeered, whe th dvert et

d; l l the t-te d te t t etl feel-, ret d t.

Itll th w et etrel the hd f the veret telf.Althh the were ler erel

ve, d were lred lrfr t ert extet, te were tll r-rl jet f lt. I the ,hwever, te ql tred the-elve t jet f lt r t e t e lled terrdtrtve jr, the ee-rder f l. Te t thettve. Te dd t erel wtvel, t rther e t fr dexre ther theelve edr t, derle r t. T ew rtw exreed t-, detrtd ew l veet. O the ehd th reted ew fr f lt, whh the te te etrl.O the ther hd the terltr

f th te te w tll trll the veret; th w the ettt whh e dreted e lt,dere, l d jet. Teveret ht d everth wr,t rle w le f deverth rht.

Sl Eeer Art

Te rtt terrt, r frerer,f the scp hd eereted ererler, the frf the Stttt, d rt-

lr Ctt NewBl rjet.

. J Wlle Dved,De p anning van ontp ooiing(Te He: SDU, , .Het reqre e t tetht V ee, tr t t t elletMaa aar ei vanonze samen eving(ee te ),t the rete f l

eeer qte wtteretve.

. S S er, Te Situationist City(C r e, MA:

I Pre, .

. O t ee Mr W e,Constants New Babylon: TeHyper-Arc itecture o Desire(Rtterd: , ). Adre wt Der A r t,le f the Ct: AlSttt Sl Prtet the Al f the UrDr, Criticism

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New Bl t hd ee tldeed t rvde the xrtt fr dvdl develett evere. It t w reflet f extree hlh f l eeer,whh w t l ll t l

t lre extet tehlll tted. I th, New Bl fit t thert f the lte : tehl wwdel thht le f relv lljr rle f et. I the tMrxt t f New Bl, hlr, hthert lw rred t wthret dffilt, thrht htr, te the wrld d e t vlle t, wld e reled tehl,h the rt, fr te. Ht d dwell wld e flttedeverwhere tehl. A h,th lred etled tht the dt-t etwee h d tehllrte wld fde d tht th wldher the r t the te tll

der Av q Crte frl,I, rt.

A etrl de Stt wtht f tr r, ed textrt r lfe fr the rvte,l r ltl vet thtet t fettered. It w red thedrive: the wder tht derethe trtre f the t, reteheerl evret tht re edthe reh f etrll redthrt. T wder dele the e hd verhtet d tehll lexf rrdr, twer d ltfr, d the ther hd etl d tehll lex whh lr h

ee ereded free te whhh e devel retvel.

New Bl the qteetlexle f the Sttt ttet te dert de d terl lfl d le frl w, rder trete lt evret tht wldere ele t tvel rete ther

w evret, ted f dtthe t f ve er f effi-et, ftl de. New Bl wrld tht lterll d firtvelre the here f lr drdt. Te del d ethef th dre wrld hw tetllfite etwr f ltlevel rrdrled eve lrer de rxtel le td rrt thter re free t l.

Te whle de f the lexvte wder d l; ee t el t. New Bl the rdxl lt evret whh the driveh ee elevted t r d eve fltted thrh l-

. New Bl de t fetre rfltte htt. Everwhere, theer ered, r tll evelted, t lterll rete h r herw evret r there v dved te f r dt, rder t fll e the evret rd h r her elf develedht. Where the (trdtl)dert t w deed fr rd-tve e, New Bl, r twt,rde -rdtve ehvr,h wder d l. I etre, New Bl er, d the fr f del rereeted ththe e d the lx f the def the ll eeered et. Ad

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Te Ud f Pltl SlEeer

Te tertve eth tht hr-tered l eeer t t hehtderwet rdl trfrt

the , whh we tretlt d tttl-t th l evtle eqee f te d re rle relted eth. T lexl the ft-herd t fetrl f erler del, the w Chrther Lh, fr exle, dere the etrl f the TeCulture of Narcissism, wdel red t thete. Te tttlt f tertvt tll rereet the etld ltl wledeet f tfie.

I the , therefre, we wtethe re f effietl ett dtrt, tht t ethd f

lt r dtrt tht vewth tertvt re trtere th tve re.Ivlveet ee rrl der-td tehld, d te hvet e etted; l -d dert rereett l tt edr rle th. T tr-frt the dert exeree,detll, rte fr th de.Fr th the veret d the te, rel tretl tttdee tether wth dheddert r tertve eeet.Tt t , th de relder h eeet elf evdetd dele.

At the e te, hwever, there rdl rre l f ret-

t. T le t lt, whhthe et f left d rht et le ther ler e. Lefttther e t wder whether ther e et heved thrh thette r thrh rvte ttve (the

ret). Ad t l hld fr et, hee tht Brth Pre MterMrret Tther exltl delre te re (there h th et). Tther tteet deret h ft lerl tred.Eted te rel exrert f lletve rreet d, ther tertvt, e t f re ther w teret, wth the nimbytvt the et w rdt.

I evret whh elere rrl fed theelve dther w teret, whh the lle-tve rett vle d lh ee rdte t dvdlt d whh et eve

ve ll the frtrt f e wdvdl l, t rre tht thet e t e ereved thret.Set h hed fr rerrer f welfre t re f tetl der d thret. T trfr-t w theted Ulrh Be the d- the r et, h f the e e tht et e th fter the fll-t tCherl.

I the re, the whle etf et the jet f lletvefrt, dtrt d deler-t le t tve e. It wqre etve e ted: llle llet f ther.

Where the ll eeered etw tll redted tl trt


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etwee veret d te, theelerl et th h ee reled tl dtrt. Where the lleeered et w tll whle fte d ttt tht let telf tde thrh lletve delert,

the elerl et fet telf freted llet f dvdlfrtl teret d rveled dffilt t ver whle f etlree lerte tht t e de t t t dled,trlled d hed.

We ht l tht l e-eer h t h dered te dfferet, etve e.A Perre Rvll : te ler dre f t ver wer rder t exere t; ted the retet wee t r ttrret. Where the hlhf l eeerl tll de

fr drve trefr et, ed lletve del-ert t jetve, the tetf l w defeve: veretere re w et t rtet te fr wht threte ther dvdlrt f elf tlt. Bld th, we re tht l f leeer de wth dedfr ert.

Sl eeer th e wfr ert. Or we ht l thtert the dtrted e whhl eeer fet telf the r et. After ll, ele tlleleve l eeer the eetht r l d r eet

re thht t e le, whetherthrh frther tehll e-

et d ltt f der, rthrh rereve d rtve t the veret, thrh le djdr t, ther wrd. Bthlte l l f trt thet f ele t de ther w

t ed the r tht, theer f l eeer, were ftered exre f the ef et.

Pele tll e ehtllved f the t d the r-te f he theelve, tt the e te the eleve le dle tht th ele the t exere efl flee et. Ortht h flee tll wrth rfr dvdl te, r eve tvevle t ll. We tll wt t e exltlvlved the re f l dde-. Bt t the e tewe hve few ll t, d lttleteret , the rete relt f h

ree. Itertvt telf w eere rtt t te ththe l tht w tll red e th tertvt.

Oe eqee f th tertvefrtrt r I l ll t, ter-tve etl fte tht te ler r wt t te the r-t f ther evrett ther w hd. A ertve t-t eere tht e ed tertvt, where tertvt werel qet f thrh thet let tht thee t, tted erler, re tll ee fit heveet. Bee the re ler le t t thee lte t

rte, te e t hld therrele fr vled terre the

. Perre Rv , acontre-dmocratie. La politique lge de la dfiance(Pr:

Sel, ), .


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l here. I th w the re d-t tht the ler der the-elve le t rde the tertvelte eer t t rdt l r t whh the theelve, eted d te

te, re.T elf delredt t ehvell fr there f wht I lltervt.

Iterve tedee e detfied vr d f ltl detl lfe. Itervt, hwever, trll relted t the rle fert ee the tr f teh te fit e f

the eeree f the whle th derev ter f ert. We ldeve defie ert, rle, verl the tr f teh.

If we w , tr t wht

r t wh?, fit rt f thewer t t tertve tttre, t t rertvel redevret. I ther wrd, t thelt evret, t the jet dtrtre ll rd .

Te Le f New Bl

revl tted, the fd fthe Sl d Cltrl Pl Offie red the dvet f ter-tve dtrt, d wth t th thelx d eetll the dee f thell eeered et. It -det tht the etlhet f th ffiede lt extl wth the ev-

rt, rd , f Stt, t w rereeted G Derd

the rtlr, d wth thedtl f the New Bl rjet . Fr the wrd theetl rle d trdtdered ve, whh were eeelred vle the de f New

Bl, r whh ee vle retret, e t fet theelve.Sh ll dvdlt,rle f vere l e,d ther fr f trlver the lv evret.

New Bl w teded lfl evret tht led telf t fite er f trtr tt,where e h fr e terreet le t the ther deledfr f tertvt. T lt ddethet wld rete ew wrld detlh ew te. Ardt Ctt, the New Bl t ve et h retve tvt helf dret tt wth h eer

d ll t le t dvdl hrter. Yet Ctt w ethe fthe rjet ffer the ee f tdreder etreldfferet re: tht f lel, ltdvdl wh ler fid dret r l d, the eee f the rjet, re rrlerh fr theelve. Te everee eel eed wth thr e; ft Peter Slterdj llthe flx extetlt. Oe ht tht the rle fdriveddtournementwereleeted lttle t fdetll

the de, tht fr f ttve l eeet ql deed

. Gj v Oee, Lh- erte. Teterve trfrt t e ere , pen, . (Rtterd/Aterd: NAP er rt

wth SKOR, ), -.

. Ctt, Otle f C tre, : W e, . t.(te ,

. Peter S ter j , Sp renIII: Sc ume(Fr rt:S r , ), .


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derl. Or, the r et, trt t te: td, l edelled fter New Bl re theqteetll ereved fe.

Te he the hrter f thel e, rt ee f the re

f the ed, rtl rele fr thdevelet. A Re Klh re Geer Ct, the ew etrl,the eer t, evt f thel d t le. Teeer t erh lerted frthe tvt f eter, t t wet he ther eh.Where televed t e the wt tr rvele h t dee, the tt wrevered: the de rvele exteve te f lve er.Pl e re rel ejeted t tr d rvelle

th w Ctrl[Se], the zkm Krlrhe leverl thetedt .

Fll, there the ther fNew Bl, et whh therjet exltl d trl reldePeter Slterdj t f here.

New Bl eved etrel lted fr the tde wrld,whh e ttl trl f the ev-ret le, reel ter fthere, f relt lht d rdt. I th rerd t t fr del fr the terr devel-

et f rt, the ee thtthe tret fr f rt re

w t le trl re dth tht thegovernmentalityf theete wll e re qet f rdt th flt.

I th e t th trl t hhl dvdlt ter. I NewBl evere fr llther le fr helf, lttlervte htt, l e rx-tel wht Slterdj ll f,d wht fr the der, le dthrete evret Re B-e h hrteed lrt: det fr theevret. T te le hll, w f thetle, frte. Bt tdt rel eletr tht rdethe ere wth whh we fr rw vrtl f rtle r le:

the le he, gps, ler. Teevret eve d th fr r r e. Trh eletr d theIteret, th rete wht w lledAet Itellee: the evrettht tte r reee dtt r erl referee, ter flht, r d d rdled frf r dt, ther wrd. Btth erlt f the evret , ee t ltel e tle rtte frrvelle d trl; t the ete, t qteetl exlef the trf teh d

f ew fr f(ter-) vt.

. OMA, Re Klh,Bre M, Geer Ct,

: e, SMLXL (Rtter : Plher, ), -.

. T Lev, UrlFr e Peter We eed.), Ctrl-[Space]: R etorics

o survei ance rom Bent amto Big Brot er(Kr r e/C r e, MA: zkm/MIPre, .

. Cre wt S ter j ,. t. (te , -.

. Re K , ISerh f Athett, :R Br ett DeSdj (ed.), Te Endless City(Ld/New Yr: Phd,), -.

. Elrted Levee Cter e Capsu ar

Civi ization (Rtter :NA P er, .

. Cre wth MeCr Ste e Gr ,Setet Cte. AetIte ee t e P t P Se, In ormation,Communication, and Society,/


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It hld therefre e rretht lt td, t fit extet, e dertd tl l,d tht Netherld Itttefr Stl Reerh e ertlde the Sl d Cltrl Pl-

Offie. T ew l ffieexere, ert ee, tt-tled ver f wht the Sttt lled herh: the tdf the efi effet f the erhevret, whether l r-ed r t, the et d theehvr f dvdl. It t, vewedfr th tdt, del wth thedrive, dered Derd teh-qe f e thrh vr e. Of re Ctt d Derddd t freee rted tht NewBl, the driver herh hld ee fr f ee f trl r rvel-

le. Ad we ld tll re tht,fr exle, t ver flt hrtere the drive fr f terve! rete t rvelle dtrl ee, d erh eve frthe re f rt the twet-firte r. Yet there dt ththerhh ret ftre, rrl the eef the dretve de f l e.

If we extrlte th frther, weht l tht ee f th devel-et, jet re trt t hw the w, de tht dvetl wth thewr f Br Ltr. T ld elled ew New

Bl. I thevret, t

the jet, dre eerll thehl de fthe e, tht led r el t ehvr we

re ler le tr relve, relt f r ter-vt. Tee e le jet leeed , rdt r htel e,r vdl rf hlter ltrrt, l el et le dwhle Plex helter, t lh-erted trtle fr l tr-rt r etr te tht reltee etwee dfferet hl r t-ttl here.

T , the e hd, efr f trl, whh r ehvr tred d ded te d ler tertvel develed dterled r. Ojet t ltrt hw t ve d ehve,

t the l tell reerher d detetve hw t retrt thee ve-et d ehvr, the lrtelev ere Crime Scene Investigationhw ht fter ht.

O the ther hd, vewed re -tvel, the tellet evret fr f rt tht the jet rvde wth. Te hel t heve theehvr tht, rle, we wld let dl, t re t (r ler) let. Whle we tll e the jet tr-etll, d tht ee re tll ther f the dert hlh f leeer, we hve heved rt fe: t the tehll jettht hve t hel reeer r h

r, tht hve t hel reh. We hve deed e l w

. Merl Cverle, Psycho-geograp y(Hre e: P etEetl, , ff.

. Stt L , Pwer A terHee, Teory, Culture& Society, , ,

. See fr te BrLtr, Fr Re t tDlt r Hw t MeT Pl, : Br

Ltr Peter Weel(ed.),Making Tings Public:

Atmospheres of Democracy(Krlrhe/Crde, MA:zkm/MI Pre, ,- . Ad re wthH Djtelle, Po itievernieuwen. Op zoek naar

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Ad erh t e eve frther.Perh the tellet evret led t jt rl rt, t

l free , the exreve here, fr e wth l e thtt e ered. Te revvl teret New Bl l h t d wth thelfl qlt tht w hrtertf th rjet, d f Stt eerl. Te e tre f the rle rjet theElh rhtetCedr Pre , FPle. Pre hd d lrtr f f, whh lt lted de f the evret wld l e le, fr theeefit f rtt d relx tvte h d, d

t te. Te rl de wever reled, t re det verw, der the e IterAt Cetre the Keth w re f Ld.

Te hlleet rhtet, rler d tldeer, the, t t r eve trde th lde the l e f theftre, whh wll evtl e ltted t tervt d lr-t. T hllee h lred ee

te Le Lefvre d HeDll, wh re the ret qet fhw lrd e etlhed the reet-d

t. Te eelrd t

lted, detl e rel frthe tvte f hldre, t rther etwr f le the t tht reet e d fr wht htll ther tetl fr l. I th vew,red Ald v E, the l

e telf fr letr et thtfill e e thrht the td there vte e t terrlfl jr ll d f lt.

T l ee t e the et lefr the reet t f the re r letr htr f New Bl: hw we rete lrd l e the lterl d the ethrlee tht rte the tertvelte f h e d theretrte t ther e le t t rde t ther w r. Te wewll hve de eth f the lleeered t f Ctt d theSttt fter ll.

. Cre wt L erA rett, Ar tetre

Pl, : MDh(e .), Guy De or an t e ituationist International

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. St e Mt ew, romgit-Prop to Free Space:

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