In this collection of recent and unpublished essays, leading analytic philosopher Scott Soames traces milestones in his field from its beginnings in Britain and Germany in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, through its subsequent growth in the United States, up to its present as the world's most vigorous philosophical tradition.
From sex and music to religion and politics, a history of irrationality and the ways in which it has always been with us-and always will beIn this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history.
A landmark history that traces the creation, management, and sharing of information through six centuriesThanks to modern technological advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information.
A groundbreaking biography of Milton's formative years that provides a new account of the poet's political radicalizationJohn Milton (1608-1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions.
How transatlantic thinkers in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries promoted the unification of Britain and the United StatesBetween the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States.
An urban history of modern Britain, and how the built environment shaped the nation's politicsFoundations is a history of twentieth-century Britain told through the rise, fall, and reinvention of six different types of urban space: the industrial estate, shopping precinct, council estate, private flats, shopping mall, and suburban office park.
A provocative case for historical ambiguity in architecture by one of the field's leading theoristsConceptions of modernity in architecture are often expressed in the idea of the zeitgeist, or "e;spirit of the age,"e; an attitude toward architectural form that is embedded in a belief in progressive time.
An unprecedented history of Brooklyn, told through its places, buildings, and the people who made them, from the early seventeenth century to todayAmerica's most storied urban underdog, Brooklyn has become an internationally recognized brand in recent decades-celebrated and scorned as one of the hippest destinations in the world.
This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.
This collection brings together historians, political theorists and literary scholars to provide historical perspectives on the modern debate over freedom of speech, particularly the question of whether limitations might be necessary given religious pluralism and concerns about hate speech.
This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.
This book offers the first transnational history of white nationalism in Britain, the US and the formerly British colonies of Rhodesia, South Africa and Australia from the post-World War II period to the present.
In sixty-seven exquisite watercolors and drawings, nationally famous architect Eugene Aubry captures on paper the sensibilities, the memories, and the grace that evokes Galveston, especially for those who are BOI (';born on the island').
A classic book authored by the foremost architectural historian in America, this fully illustrated history of American architecture and city planning is based on Vincent Scully's conviction that architecture and city planning are inseparably linked and must therefore be treated together.
There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the history of modern Western thought than the vexed relationship between the genesis of an idea and its claim to validity beyond it.
On the Swahili coast of East Africa, monumental stone houses, tombs, and mosques mark the border zone between the interior of the African continent and the Indian Ocean.
This book orchestrates a convergence of two discourses from the 1960s-Nelson Goodman's aesthetic theory on one side and critiques of modern architecture articulated by figures like Peter Blake, Charles Jencks, and Robert Venturi/Denise Scott Brown on the other.
Roman für Jugendliche von 13–16 Jahren, auch als Klassenlektüre an weiterführenden Schulen geeignet, Fach: Deutsch, Förderunterricht, Klasse 8–10 +++ K.
Modern Architecture and an International Sensibility: A Curious Cross-Atlantic Constellation presents an alternative history of internationalism and modernism, with a focus on the role of architecture and spatial practices.
From one of the world's top experts on the economics of skyscrapersa ';fascinating' (Daily Mail, London) and ';informative' (Publishers Weekly) account of the ever-growing quest for super tall buildings across the globe.
Noch wird in der wissenschaftlichen und öffentlichen Beschäftigung mit dem Islam unterschieden zwischen unscheinbaren "Hinterhofmoscheen" und den sichtbaren "Moscheeneubauten".
Das Neujungfrauenkloster in Moskau, auch bekannt als Nowodewitschi-Kloster, ist ein faszinierendes Zeugnis russischer Geschichte, Kultur und Spiritualität.
This book is both a conceptualization and detailed analysis of the current crisis in which modern utopian categories of political institutions find themselves, as well as a reflection and clarification of the new dangers and opportunities facing post-utopian politics in-the-making.
The book challenges three perspectives on the modern architectural canon: explanations that disregard impacts and effects beyond the North Atlantic (monologic), superficial modifications that simply add "e;Other"e; figures to the canon, and views that reject the canon itself.
Es wird der unterschlagenen Frage nachgegangen, welche Rolle der Elitismus der französischen Architektenschaft für Frankreichs Wandel zu einem modernen Staatsgebilde spielte.
El motivo fundamental que indujo a la elaboracion de una serie de publicaciones sobre las estructuras de hormigon armado, las que abarcan una amplia gama tematica, a partir de un principio fundamental, el de considerar a la estructura como un hecho esencialmente fisico, para cuyo estudio y comprension son validos tanto la expresion grafica como los modelos y deducciones matematicas, el analisis de las deformaciones, las maquetas y cualquier otra herramienta que ayude a desmitificar esta apasionante disciplina; y ello solo se ha de lograr si cualquiera de los recursos citados no se transforma en un fin en si mismo, es decir, si todos y cada uno de esos medios se subordinan al fenomeno fisico.
Braiding together strands of literary, phenomenological and art historical reflection, Modernism and Phenomenology explores the ways in which modernist writers and artists return us to wonder before the world.
This book provides a surprising answer to two puzzling questions that relate to the very "e;soul"e; of the professional study of economics in the late twentieth century.
Esta obra recoge en forma de apunte los textos de las conferencias dictadas en la Sociedad Central de Arquitectos, en marzo de 2004, en ocasión de la realización del Seminario Internacional "Diversas maneras de mirar el paisaje", con el auspicio de los gobiernos de Alemania y Francia.
El presente trabajo ha estado orientado a la verificacion de un conjunto de hipotesis referidas a las relaciones vigentes entre la dinamica de asentamiento poblacional y la disponibilidad de recursos infraestructurales esenciales en diversos sectores del aglomerado urbano de Buenos Aires, asi como a la consideracion de esos fenomenos en relacion con las condiciones de eficiencia y equidad vigentes en la ciudad desde un enfoque multidimensional.
