Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between moderni...(展开全部)

Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between moderni...(展开全部)

Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between moderni...(展开全部)

Critical theories such as those of the Frankfurt School of the twenties and thirties gave rise to a complex and sophisticated critique of modernity and modernism. The history and theory of twentieth-century architecture, which developed rather independently of this rich tradition, appear naive and unbalanced in comparison. In this exploration of the relationship between moderni...(展开全部)

In this 1999 study, Beat Wyss provides a critical analysis of Hegel's theories of art history. Analogous to his philosophy of history, Hegel viewed the history of art in dialectical terms: with its origins in the Ancient Near East, Western art culminated in Classical Greece, but began its decline already in the Hellenistic period. Yet, as Wyss posits, art refuses its programmed...(展开全部)

The first half of the twentieth century was fraught with global tensions and political machinations. However, for all the destruction in that period, these geopolitical conditions in Manchuria cultivated an extraordinary variety of architecture and urban planning, which has completely escaped international attention until now. With over forty carefully chosen images, Ultra-Mode...(展开全部)

In western society it is taken for granted that tourism is a necessary element of contemporary lifestyle, but while many people recognize its importance, they are usually more concerned with its contribution to the economy than with its social, cultural, and political significance. As a social action, tourism is at least partly based on the appeal of distance in time, space, an...(展开全部)

The Portfolio and the Diagram is about the changing ways architects see, read, and use the words and images of architectural publications. Architects today do not use the glossy photographs of magazines in the same way that nineteenth-century architects mobilized the drawings in the grand folios. The images have changed, and so have the ways in which they are used.<br /> <br />...(展开全部)

阿尔弗雷德·索恩—雷特尔（Alfred Sohn—Rethel）（1899—1990）。德国著名的国民经济学家和社会哲学家，曾任不莱梅大学教授。早年曾师从奥地利马克思主义学派经济学家勒德尔（Emil Lederer），于1928年在海德堡获得国民经济学博士学位。其哲学思想接近法兰克福学派，从20世纪20年代开始便与批判理论的代表人物阿多诺、霍克海默和本雅明等交往密切。二战期间流亡英国，曾为丘吉尔等人从事过经济分析，并长期与马克思主义者汤普森交往。雷特尔的哲学思想即在本书中系统阐述的唯物主义认识理论，曾在20世纪60年代的激进学生运动中产生重要影响。作者还著有《认识的社会学理论》、《商品形式与思维形式》等。