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On the Ruins of Babel Architectural Metaphor in German Thought / Daniel L. Purdy.

By: Purdy, Daniel LContributor(s): Project Muse [distributor]Material type: TextTextSeries: Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thoughtPublisher: Cornell University Library, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Description: 1 online resource (x, 316 p.)ISBN: 9780801460050Subject(s): German literature -- History and criticism | Architecture and literature -- History | Philosophy, German -- History | Architecture and philosophy -- Germany -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 720.1 LOC classification: NA2500 | .P797 2011Online resources: Full text available:
Contents:
The decline of the classical orders -- Science or art? : architecture's place within the disciplines -- Architecture in Kant's thought : the metaphor's genealogy -- How much architecture is in Kant's architectonic of pure reason? -- The house of memory : architectural technologies of the self -- Goethe's architectural epiphanies -- The building in Bildung : Goethe, Palladio, and the architectural media -- Goethe and the disappointing site : buildings that do not live up to their images -- Gothic deconstruction : Hegel, Libeskind, and the avant-garde -- Benjamin's mythic architecture.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The decline of the classical orders -- Science or art? : architecture's place within the disciplines -- Architecture in Kant's thought : the metaphor's genealogy -- How much architecture is in Kant's architectonic of pure reason? -- The house of memory : architectural technologies of the self -- Goethe's architectural epiphanies -- The building in Bildung : Goethe, Palladio, and the architectural media -- Goethe and the disappointing site : buildings that do not live up to their images -- Gothic deconstruction : Hegel, Libeskind, and the avant-garde -- Benjamin's mythic architecture.

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