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Gadamer for Architects.
Providing a concise and accessible introduction to the work of the twentieth century's celebrated German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer, this book focuses on the aspects of Gadamer's philosophy that have been the most influential among architects, educators in architecture, and architectu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Colección: | Thinkers for architects.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Gadamer forArchitects; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Illustration Credits; 1 Introduction; "Hermeneutics" and "hermeneutic"; Philosophical hermeneutics and the aims of architecture; Gadamer in the context of European thought; Plan of the book; 2 The Play of Art and the Art of Architecture; The problem of the subjectivization of art; Art and "serious play"; The speechless image and the embodied word; The "decorative" nature of architecture; Questions of balance; Play as clue and instance; 3 Historical Understanding and Architecture's Past.
- The idea of horizonThe interpretation of texts; Horizon and history; Hermeneutics and history in architectural theory; The hermeneutics of sacred architecture; Architecture's past in present design; 4 Humanism in the Age of Science; Humanity in the emergence of the natural-scientific ideal; Modernity and the ethical function of architecture; Hermeneutics and the rationalization of society; Social engineering and the city as work of art; 5 Practical Wisdom in Creative Collaboration; The practical wisdom tradition; Hermeneutics in practical deliberation; Collaboration in architectural creation.
- Design as horizonThe example of the rural studio; Finding measure; 6 Architecture as a Way of Being; Some puzzles about being; Heideggerian thinking of being; Hermeneutics and Heideggerian ontology; The ontology of building and place; The ontology of language; The ontology of time; The hermeneutics of suspicion; Transcendence and mystery; Conclusion: The Hermeneutically Minded Architect; For Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.