Main entry:

Richards, Simon, 1973-

Title & Author:

Le Corbusier and the concept of self / Simon Richards.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.

Description:

viii, 296 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-289) and index.
I. 'The Lawgiver' -- 1. 1914-1929: Technocracy -- 2. 1930-1940: Syndicalism -- 3. 1941-1942: Vichy -- II. The Science of Painting -- 4. Leger and the Purist Object -- 5. Conventionalism -- 6. Ozenfant's Impasse -- III. 'Pascal's Desideratum' -- 7. Pascal: Preparing the Machine -- 8. 'Wisdom Builds Its Own House' -- 9. Bataille and Camus: 'Vers la limite critique'.

Summary:

"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.

ISBN:

0300095651
9780300095654

Subject:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Criticism and interpretation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 Critique et interprétation.
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Le Corbusier Städtebau Architekturtheorie.
City planning Philosophy History 20th century.
City planning Philosophy.
Stadsplanning.
Filosofische aspecten.
Zelf.
City planning Philosophy History.
Städtebau Architekturtheorie Le Corbusier.
Architekturtheorie Städtebau Le Corbusier.

Form/genre:

Quotations (texts)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Added entries:

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 229280
Call No.: NA44.L433.9 R52 2003
Status: Available