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The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities

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W. W. Norton, Aug 17, 1992 - Political Science - 266 pages
Richard Sennett is an articulate writer whose style reveals a fascinating mind and above all, a keen pair of eyes. In relating our visual organ to the conscience, he implores us to start seeing our lives as wholly related to and organically integrated with, the cities that we live in. In this thoroughly original and important book, Sennett successfully avoids the tendency of many writers on urbanism to proffer 'well meaning' solutions, but instead takes us on a historical and psychological journey. He convinces his readers to focus on impulses and 'spriritual' reasons behind the creation of cities, ranging from the Greek ideals of 'grace' and 'balance' that produced the 'Agora' to the dilemmas of the modern soul that creates walls made of sheer glass. In chapter after chapter of engrossing reading anyone deeply interested in the well-being of urban life will begin to share his insights on urban forms. He articulates his views using descriptions of ordianry people's lives through history.

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I enjoyed this so much, I decided to read it again...a few years later (and a few years ago). Sennett presents a amazingly tactile reading of "The City" based on numerous social, architectural, and ... Read full review

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About the author (1992)

Richard Sennett teaches sociology at the London School of Economics and New York University

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TitleThe Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities
AuthorRichard Sennett
Editionreprint
PublisherW. W. Norton, 1992
ISBN0393308782, 9780393308785
Length266 pages
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Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
  
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