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Phenomenologies of the City - Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Phenomenologies of the City - Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture
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Phenomenologies of the City: Studies in the History and Philosophy
of Architecture brings architecture and urbanism into dialogue with
phenomenology. Phenomenology has informed debate about the city
from social sciences to cultural studies. Within architecture,
however, phenomenological inquiry has been neglecting the question
of the city. Addressing this lacuna, this book suggests that the
city presents not only the richest, but also the politically most
urgent horizon of reference for philosophical reflection on the
cultural and ethical dimensions of architecture. The contributors
to this volume are architects and scholars of urbanism. Some have
backgrounds in literature, history, religious studies, and art
history. The book features 16 chapters by younger scholars as well
as established thinkers including Peter Carl, David Leatherbarrow,
Alberto Perez-Gomez, Wendy Pullan and Dalibor Vesely. Rather than
developing a single theoretical statement, the book addresses
architecture's relationship with the city in a wide range of
historical and contemporary contexts. The chapters trace hidden
genealogies, and explore the ruptures as much as the persistence of
recurrent cultural motifs. Together, these interconnected
phenomenologies of the city raise simple but fundamental questions:
What is the city for, how is it ordered, and how can it be
understood? The book does not advocate a return to a naive sense of
'unity' or 'order'. Rather, it investigates how architecture can
generate meaning and forge as well as contest social and cultural
representations.
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