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In recent years, the debate on Romanisation has often been framed
in terms of identity. Discussions have concentrated on how the
expansion of empire impacted on the constructed or self-ascribed
sense of belonging of its inhabitants, and just how the interaction
between local identities and Roman ideology and practices may have
led to a multicultural empire has been a central research focus.
This volume challenges this perspective by drawing attention to the
processes of identity formation that contributed to an imperial
identity, a sense of belonging to the political, social, cultural
and religious structures of the Empire. Instead of concentrating on
politics and imperial administration, the volume studies the
manifold ways in which people were ritually engaged in producing,
consuming, organising, believing and worshipping that fitted the
(changing) realities of empire. It focuses on how individuals and
groups tried to do things 'the right way', i.e., the Greco-Roman
imperial way. Given the deep cultural entrenchment of ritualistic
practices, an imperial identity firmly grounded in such practices
might well have been instrumental, not just to the long-lasting
stability of the Roman imperial order, but also to the persistence
of its ideals well into (Christian) Late Antiquity and post-Roman
times.
In recent years, the debate on Romanisation has often been framed
in terms of identity. Discussions have concentrated on how the
expansion of empire impacted on the constructed or self-ascribed
sense of belonging of its inhabitants, and just how the interaction
between local identities and Roman ideology and practices may have
led to a multicultural empire has been a central research focus.
This volume challenges this perspective by drawing attention to the
processes of identity formation that contributed to an imperial
identity, a sense of belonging to the political, social, cultural
and religious structures of the Empire. Instead of concentrating on
politics and imperial administration, the volume studies the
manifold ways in which people were ritually engaged in producing,
consuming, organising, believing and worshipping that fitted the
(changing) realities of empire. It focuses on how individuals and
groups tried to do things 'the right way', i.e., the Greco-Roman
imperial way. Given the deep cultural entrenchment of ritualistic
practices, an imperial identity firmly grounded in such practices
might well have been instrumental, not just to the long-lasting
stability of the Roman imperial order, but also to the persistence
of its ideals well into (Christian) Late Antiquity and post-Roman
times.
Whatever 'ugliness' is, it remains a problematic category in
architectural aesthetics - alternately vilified and appropriated,
either to shock or to invert conventions of architecture. This book
presents eighteen new essays which rethink ugliness in architecture
- from brutalism to eclectic postmodern architectural productions -
and together offer a diverse reappraisal of the history and theory
of postmodern architecture and design. The essays address both
broad theoretical questions on ugliness and postmodern aesthetics,
as well as more specific analyses of significant architectural
examples dating from the last decades of the twentieth century,
addressing the relation between the aesthetic register of ugliness
and aesthetic concepts such as brutalism, kitsch, the formless, ad
hoc-ism, the monstrous, or the grotesque. Architecture and Ugliness
not only documents the history of a postmodern anti-aesthetic
through a diverse set of case studies, it also sheds valuable light
on an aesthetic problem which has been largely overlooked in
architectural discourse. It is essential reading for all students
and scholars with an interest in postmodern architectural history,
architectural theory and aesthetics.
The Union of International Associations (UIA) was founded in 1910,
aiming to coordinate the relations and interests of international
organizations across the world. Its long history makes it a prism
through which to study the field of international organizations and
its dynamics. Bringing together experts from fields including
history, political science and international relations,
architecture, historical sociology, digital humanities and
information studies, International Organizations and Global Civil
Society is the first scholarly book to cover both the UIA's early
years and its more recent past. Key issues explored include the
UIA's importance for the field of scientific internationalism, the
relations between the UIA and other international organizations,
and the changing position of the UIA when facing geopolitical
challenges such as totalitarianism, the World Wars and the Cold
War. This important book addresses a number of current scholarly
concerns: the concept of "global civil society"; the development of
international relations as a field of study; the investigation of
transnational factors in modern and contemporary history; and the
tracing of forerunners to the "information society".
The Union of International Associations (UIA) was founded in 1910,
aiming to coordinate the relations and interests of international
organizations across the world. Its long history makes it a prism
through which to study the field of international organizations and
its dynamics. Bringing together experts from fields including
history, political science and international relations,
architecture, historical sociology, digital humanities and
information studies, International Organizations and Global Civil
Society is the first scholarly book to cover both the UIA's early
years and its more recent past. Key issues explored include the
UIA's importance for the field of scientific internationalism, the
relations between the UIA and other international organizations,
and the changing position of the UIA when facing geopolitical
challenges such as totalitarianism, the World Wars and the Cold
War. This important book addresses a number of current scholarly
concerns: the concept of "global civil society"; the development of
international relations as a field of study; the investigation of
transnational factors in modern and contemporary history; and the
tracing of forerunners to the "information society".
Whatever 'ugliness' is, it remains a problematic category in
architectural aesthetics - alternately vilified and appropriated,
used either to shock or to invert conventions of architecture. This
book presents sixteen new scholarly essays which rethink ugliness
in recent architecture - from Brutalism to eclectic postmodern
architectural productions - and together offer a diverse
reappraisal of the history and theory of postmodern architecture
and design. The essays address both broad theoretical questions on
ugliness and postmodern aesthetics, as well as more specific
analyses of significant architectural examples dating from the last
decades of the twentieth century. The book attends to the diverse
relations between the aesthetic register of ugliness and closely
connected aesthetic concepts such as the monstrous, the ordinary,
disgust, the excessive, the grotesque, the interesting, the impure
and the sublime. This volume does not simply document the history
of a postmodern anti-aesthetic through case studies. Instead, it
aims to shed light on aesthetic problems that have been largely
overlooked in the agenda of architectural theory. This book answers
in detail the questions: How did postmodern architects appropriate
troublesome contradictions bound to the raw ugliness of the real?
How have the ugly and the antiaesthetic been a productive force in
postmodern architecture? How can ugliness be of value to
architecture? And how can architecture make good use of ugliness?
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