| Description |
xxix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
New studies in aesthetics, 0893-6005 ; v. 37 |
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New studies in aesthetics ; v. 37 |
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New studies in aesthetics ; v. 37
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New studies in aesthetics. 0893-6005 ; v. 37
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| Contents |
Tarrying with the nothing -- Silence, violence, and nothingness -- An uncanny memory -- The specter of exile -- Dark night of the soul -- An impossible nostalgia -- The decline of postmodernism? -- The revolt of reason -- A short history of decay -- An uncanny place: modern ruins -- The post-industrial sublime -- The phenomenology of the alleyway -- Aesthetic revulsion: staircases and rust -- Transgressing place: urban exploration -- Space and center: ruins as home -- Memories in ruin |
| Summary |
"In The Aesthetics of Decay, Dylan Trigg confronts the remnants from the fallout of post-industrialism and post-modernism. Through a considered analysis of memory, place, and nostalgia, Trigg argues that the decline of reason enables a critique of progress to emerge. In this ambitious work, Trigg aims to reassess the direction of progress by situating it in a spatial context. In doing so, he applies his critique of rationality to modern ruins. The derelict factory, abandoned asylum, and urban alleyway all become allies in Trigg's attack on a fixed image of temporality and progress. The Aesthetics of Decay offers a model of post-rational aesthetics in which spatial order is challenged by an affirmative ethics of ruin."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-259) and index |
| Subject |
Reason.
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Memory.
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Aesthetics.
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Civilization -- Forecasting.
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| LC no. |
2006019387 |
| ISBN |
0820486469 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780820486468 |
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