Le Corbusier and the Concept of Self
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: October 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780300095654
Subjects: Individual architects; Theory of architecture; Criticism; Individual Architect; Architecture / Criticism; General; Architecture; 1887-1965; 20th century; City planning; Criticism and interpretation; History; Le Corbusier,; Philosophy
Description: "The book examines the position of Le Corbusier's ideas within the intellectual life of the twentieth century. Richards observes, for example, that the lack of social facilities in post-war modernist housing may have been intentional - a possibility that has not been raised before. Richards also identifies for the first time close alignments in the thinking of Le Corbusier and such other intellectuals as Albert Camus and Georges Bataille."--Jacket.