How Ruins Acquire Aesthetic Value

Modern Ruins, Ruin Porn, and the Ruin Tradition
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-03064-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 122 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 293 g

This book provides the first recent philosophical account of how ruins acquire aesthetic value.  It draws on a variety of sources to explore modern ruins, the ruin tradition, and the phenomenon of “ruin porn.”  It features an unusual and original combination of philosophical analysis, the author’s photography, and reviews of both new and historically influential case studies, including Richard Haag’s Gas Works Park, the ruins of Detroit, and remnants of the steel industry of Pennsylvania.  Tanya Whitehouse shows how the users of ruins can become architects of a new order, transforming derelict sites into aesthetically significant places we should preserve.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Whitehouse, Tanya

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prologue: Ruins, and “Ruin Porn,” in American Cities.- 2. Fascination with Ruins.- 3. From Blight to Beauty: The Controversial Creation of the First US Industrial-Heritage Park.- 4. Detroit: New Ruins and Old Problems.- 5. Resolving Our Judgments: Understanding How Ruins Acquire and Exhibit Aesthetic Value.- 6. The Ruin-Industrial Aesthetic: Ruins, and Ruin-Like Environments, Acquiring Aesthetic Value.- 7. Assessing Function and the Ruin Category.- 8. Epilogue: Ruins Rising from the Ashes.

Über Autor(innen)

Tanya Whitehouse is a philosophy professor and arts student who has taught a variety of university and college philosophy courses, including Aesthetics and the Philosophy and History of Art.  Her research interests include philosophy of music and architecture, environmental aesthetics, and aesthetic judgment and imagination.