Sennett, Richard (1991) The conscience of the eye: the design and social life of cities. Faber and Faber, London, UK.
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With an eye toward the architecture, the art, the literature, and the technology of urban life, Richard Sennett gives an account of the search for shelter and the fear of exposure to strangers and new experience in Western culture – and how these two concerns have shaped the physical fabric of the city. “Why do we avert our eyes when we encounter the unaccustomed?” asks Sennett. In answer, he moves between past and present from the assembly hall of Athens to the Palladium Club; from Augustine’s City of God to the Turkish baths of the Lower East Side; from eighteenth-century English gardens to the housing projects of East Harlem; from Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy to subway graffiti. The Conscience of the Eye is an exploration of the politics of vision.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://faber.co.uk |
| Additional Information: | © 1991 Faber & Faber |
| Divisions: | Sociology LSE Cities LSE London |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Feb 2012 15:15 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 14:18 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/41915 |
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