History hw

   Please read:

Detlef Mertins, “The Enticing and Threatening Face of Prehistory: Walter Benjamin and the Utopia of Glass,’ Assemblage , No. 29 (Apr., 1996), pp. 6-23; Available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3171392

   And discuss:

Mertins’ article is a rich discussion of the connections between modern materials (such as glass, iron, and cement), art and architecture (Bauhaus and De Stil), and ideology (utopianism, modernism), and technology.  Select one example from his discussion and discuss how these categories come together (for example, in the design or construction of a structure, or in a discussion of the role of technology in society (see the section on Poverty for this last idea).