Showing that different approaches can be combined in a single disciplinary framework, Scott argues that sociologists can transcend theoretical differences.
The first comprehensive, contextual account of Edmund Burke''s techniques of political discourse, tracing the ideas behind his ''rhetoric of character''.
This book examines the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped representations of the universe.
This book examines the design process of classical architecture, exploring how the techniques of drawing developed for architecture subsequently shaped representations of the universe.
A lucid account of Theodor Adorno''s sociological thinking, detailing the methodological, substantive, critical and textual dimensions of his sociology.
Excavates institutions through which the common people of ancient, medieval and Renaissance republics constrained the power of wealthy citizens and public magistrates.
This book provides an intellectual history of the modernist "e;minimum dwelling"e;, exploring how early modernism saw mass housing as a primary vehicle for achieving the utopian transformation of society.
The intricate relationship between food, city and architecture, spanning from ancient civilizations to the present, serves as a focal point for interdisciplinary discourse.
This provocative volume stimulates debate about lost 'heritage' by examining the history of the hundreds of great houses demolished in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century.
Uniting twelve original studies by scholars of early modern history, literature, and the arts, this collection is the first that foregrounds the dialectical quality of early modern Orientalism by taking a broad interdisciplinary perspective.
This book offers new perspectives on the history of analytical philosophy, surveying recent scholarship on the philosophical study of mind, language, logic and reality over the course of the last 200 years.
In this book, prominent architectural historians, who happen to be women, reflect on their practice and the intervention this has made in the discipline.
This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing.
This book extends the concept of British vernacular architecture beyond its traditional base of pre-modern domestic and industrial architecture to embrace other buildings such as places of worship, villas, hospitals, suburban semis and post-war mass housing.
This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War.
This set of essays brings together studies that challenge interpretations of the development of modernist architecture in Third World countries during the Cold War.
Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society.
Studying the relation of architecture to society, this book explains the manner in which the discipline of architecture adjusted itself in order to satisfy new pressures by society.
The first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish.
The first in a new series of five books describing and illustrating the seminal architectural traditions of the world, Antiquity traces architectural history from its very beginnings until the time when the traditions that shape today's environments began to flourish.