Dark satanic malls -- The New Man: mimesis and immanence -- The New American Landscape: ego and Egotopia -- The myth of travel and the necessity of motion -- The aesthetics of the New Man: Beauty R Us -- Billboards: dominant visual modality of the New American Landscape -- The commercialization of public space -- The American landscape that might have been -- The innate Philistinism of the environmental movement -- Democracy, therapy, and the triumph of bad taste -- Breaking the spell: The future of the New American Landscape
Summary
"Metaphoridcally, the ugliness of America's great suburban sprawl is the physical manifestation of our increasing narcissism--our egotopia."
Analysis
landschap
landscape
esthetische waarde
aesthetic value
kwaliteit
quality
zelfbesef
self perception
eigendunk
self esteem
individuen
individuals
persoonlijkheid
personality
geschiedenis
history
vs
usa
Psychology (General)
Psychologie (algemeen)
Notes
Includes index
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