Reinhold Martin, Mediators: Aesthetics, Politics and the City

What is a city, today? The answer to this question is both the main issue and the main target of Reinhold Martin’s book. The complexity of the subject is clear, as well as the many concerns raised by the literature. Nevertheless, the author declared interest moves from the recognition of an aesthet...

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Hlavní autor: Quaglio, Caterina
Médium: Article ou chapitre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: Ardeth 2020
On-line přístup:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Shrnutí:What is a city, today? The answer to this question is both the main issue and the main target of Reinhold Martin’s book. The complexity of the subject is clear, as well as the many concerns raised by the literature. Nevertheless, the author declared interest moves from the recognition of an aestheticized confusion linked to the very definition of the city (undetermined, indeed, by its nature). Consequently, the focus is placed on the usually underestimated connection between aesthetic and po...