How Ruins Acquire Aesthetic Value Modern Ruins, Ruin Porn, and the Ruin Tradition /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Whitehouse, Tanya (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Aesthetics.; Cities and towns-History.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Sociology, Urban.; Urban History.; Urbanism.; Urban Studies/Sociology.

This book provides the first recent philosophical account of how ruins acquire aesthetic value. It draws on a variety of sources to explore modern ruins, the ruin tradition, and the phenomenon of "ruin porn." It features an unusual and original combination of philosophical analysis, the au...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Prologue: Ruins, and "Ruin Porn," in American Cities
• 2. Fascination with Ruins
• 3. From Blight to Beauty: The Controversial Creation of the First US Industrial-Heritage Park
• 4. Detroit: New Ruins and Old Problems
• 5. Resolving Our Judgments: Understanding How Ruins Acquire and Exhibit Aesthetic Value
• 6. The Ruin-Industrial Aesthetic: Ruins, and Ruin-Like Environments, Acquiring Aesthetic Value
• 7. Assessing Function and the Ruin Category
• 8. Epilogue: Ruins Rising from the Ashes.