Книга: Bevan Robert «Destruction of Memory»
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Производитель: "Reaktion Books" Crumbled shells of mosques in Iraq, the fall of the World Trade Center towers on September 11: when architectural totems such as these are destroyed by conflicts and the ravages of war, more than mere buildings are at stake. `The Destruction of Memory` reveals the extent to which a nation weds itself to its landscape; Robert Bevan argues that such destruction not only shatters a nation`s culture and morale but is also a deliberate act of eradicating a culture`s memory and, ultimately, existence. Bevan highlights a range of wars and conflicts in which the destruction of architecture was pivotal. From Cortez`s razing of Aztec cities to the carpet bombings of Dresden and Tokyo in World War Two to the war in the former Yugoslavia, `The Destruction of Memory` exposes the cultural war that rages behind architectural annihilation, revealing that in this subliminal assault lies the complex aim of exterminating a people. He provocatively argues for `the fatally intertwined experience of... ISBN:9781861893192 Издательство: "Reaktion Books" (2007)
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