William M. Taylor – författare & böcker

Prospects for an Ethics of Architecture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

2 913 kr

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Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of ‘the good’ and a theory of ‘the right’, than with remaining open to multiple relations between ideas about the built environment, design practices and the plurality of kinds of human subjects (inhabitants, individuals and communities) accommodated by buildings and urban spaces. The built environment contributes to the inculcation of all sorts of values (good and bad). Thus, this book aims to change the way people commonly think about ethics, not only in relation to the built environment, but to themselves, their ways of thinking and modes of behaviour.

Prospects for an Ethics of Architecture

AvWilliam M. Taylor,Michael P. Levine

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

864 kr

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Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of ‘the good’ and a theory of ‘the right’, than with remaining open to multiple relations between ideas about the built environment, design practices and the plurality of kinds of human subjects (inhabitants, individuals and communities) accommodated by buildings and urban spaces. The built environment contributes to the inculcation of all sorts of values (good and bad). Thus, this book aims to change the way people commonly think about ethics, not only in relation to the built environment, but to themselves, their ways of thinking and modes of behaviour.

Vital Landscape

Nature and the Built Environment in Nineteenth-Century Britain

AvWilliam M. Taylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

2 259 kr

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The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences oflife entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain. Specifically, the book explores the idea of the contrived or artificial environment as an object of both scientific speculation and aesthetic reflection. Unlike specialist histories of biological science or environmental thought, this book is unique in locating one source for present-day concerns for the environment and human well-being in debates over proper housing and the growing popularity of domestic and public gardens in the nineteenth century. The book skilfully interweaves architecture and garden history, the history and philosophy of science, plant and animal physiology and human psychology, works of literature, popular science and domestic economy in a story that opens new opportunities for the study of architecture and gardens.

Miracles of Our Saviour, Expounded and Illustrated

AvWilliam M Taylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

443 kr

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Miracles of Our Saviour, Expounded and Illustrated

AvWilliam M Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

333 kr

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Peter, the Apostle

AvWilliam M Taylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

402 kr

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Peter, the Apostle

AvWilliam M Taylor,Harper And Brothers

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

291 kr

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Daniel

The Beloved

AvWilliam M Taylor,Harper And Brothers

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

374 kr

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Daniel

The Beloved

AvWilliam M Taylor,Harper And Brothers

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

236 kr

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Miracles; Helps to Faith, not Hindrances

AvWilliam M Taylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

374 kr

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Miracles; Helps to Faith, not Hindrances

AvWilliam M Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

228 kr

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Miracles of Our Saviour

AvWilliam M Taylor

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

397 kr

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Miracles of Our Saviour

AvWilliam M Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

333 kr

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Prospects for an Ethics of Architecture

AvMichael P. Levine,William M. Taylor

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2012

992 kr

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Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.

The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of ‘the good’ and a theory of ‘the right’, than with remaining open to multiple relations between ideas about the built environment, design practices and the plurality of kinds of human subjects (inhabitants, individuals and communities) accommodated by buildings and urban spaces.

The built environment contributes to the inculcation of all sorts of values (good and bad). Thus, this book aims to change the way people commonly think about ethics, not only in relation to the built environment, but to themselves, their ways of thinking and modes of behaviour.

Prospects for an Ethics of Architecture

AvMichael P. Levine,William M. Taylor

E-bok

Engelska, 2012

992 kr

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Bringing together the reflections of an architectural theorist and a philosopher, this book encourages philosophers and architects, scholars and designers alike, to reconsider what they do as well as what they can do in the face of challenging times. It does so by exploring the notion that architecture and design can (and possibly should), in their own right, make for a distinctive form of ethical investigation.

The book is less concerned with absolutist understandings of the two components of ethics, a theory of ‘the good’ and a theory of ‘the right’, than with remaining open to multiple relations between ideas about the built environment, design practices and the plurality of kinds of human subjects (inhabitants, individuals and communities) accommodated by buildings and urban spaces.

The built environment contributes to the inculcation of all sorts of values (good and bad). Thus, this book aims to change the way people commonly think about ethics, not only in relation to the built environment, but to themselves, their ways of thinking and modes of behaviour.

Vital Landscape

Nature and the Built Environment in Nineteenth-Century Britain

AvWilliam M. Taylor

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

501 kr

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The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences oflife entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain. Specifically, the book explores the idea of the contrived or artificial environment as an object of both scientific speculation and aesthetic reflection. Unlike specialist histories of biological science or environmental thought, this book is unique in locating one source for present-day concerns for the environment and human well-being in debates over proper housing and the growing popularity of domestic and public gardens in the nineteenth century. The book skilfully interweaves architecture and garden history, the history and philosophy of science, plant and animal physiology and human psychology, works of literature, popular science and domestic economy in a story that opens new opportunities for the study of architecture and gardens.

Vital Landscape

Nature and the Built Environment in Nineteenth-Century Britain

AvWilliam M. Taylor

E-bok

Engelska, 2017

589 kr

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The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences oflife entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain. Specifically, the book explores the idea of the contrived or artificial environment as an object of both scientific speculation and aesthetic reflection. Unlike specialist histories of biological science or environmental thought, this book is unique in locating one source for present-day concerns for the environment and human well-being in debates over proper housing and the growing popularity of domestic and public gardens in the nineteenth century. The book skilfully interweaves architecture and garden history, the history and philosophy of science, plant and animal physiology and human psychology, works of literature, popular science and domestic economy in a story that opens new opportunities for the study of architecture and gardens.

Vital Landscape

Nature and the Built Environment in Nineteenth-Century Britain

AvWilliam M. Taylor

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2017

568 kr

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The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences oflife entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact on architecture and landscape architecture in Great Britain. Specifically, the book explores the idea of the contrived or artificial environment as an object of both scientific speculation and aesthetic reflection. Unlike specialist histories of biological science or environmental thought, this book is unique in locating one source for present-day concerns for the environment and human well-being in debates over proper housing and the growing popularity of domestic and public gardens in the nineteenth century. The book skilfully interweaves architecture and garden history, the history and philosophy of science, plant and animal physiology and human psychology, works of literature, popular science and domestic economy in a story that opens new opportunities for the study of architecture and gardens.

"Katrina Effect"

On the Nature of Catastrophe

AvWilliam M. Taylor,Michael P. Levinem. fl.

E-bok

Engelska, 2015

409 kr

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On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina''s storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media''s attention and featured in the ''imagination of disaster'' like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about disaster and the built environment globally. Given the unfolding of recent events, disasters are acquiring original and complex meanings. This is partly because of the global expansion and technological interaction of urban societies in which the multiple and varied impacts of disasters are recognized. These meanings pose significant new problems for civil society: what becomes of public accountability, egalitarianism and other democratic ideals in the face of catastrophe? This collection of critical essays assesses the storm''s global impact on overlapping urban, social and political imaginaries. Given the coincidence and ''perfect storm'' of environmental, geo-political and economic challenges facing liberal democratic societies, communities will come under increasing strain to preserve and restore social fabric while affording all citizens equal opportunity in determining the forms that future cities and communities will take. Today, 21st century economic neo-liberalism, global warming or recent theories of ''urban vulnerability'' and resilience provide key new contexts for understanding the meaning and legacy of Katrina.

"Katrina Effect"

On the Nature of Catastrophe

AvWilliam M. Taylor,Michael P. Levinem. fl.

E-bok

PDF, Engelska, 2015

409 kr

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On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina''s storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated. Perhaps no other disaster of the 21st century has so captured the global media''s attention and featured in the ''imagination of disaster'' like Katrina. The Katrina Effect charts the important ethical territory that underscores thinking about disaster and the built environment globally. Given the unfolding of recent events, disasters are acquiring original and complex meanings. This is partly because of the global expansion and technological interaction of urban societies in which the multiple and varied impacts of disasters are recognized. These meanings pose significant new problems for civil society: what becomes of public accountability, egalitarianism and other democratic ideals in the face of catastrophe? This collection of critical essays assesses the storm''s global impact on overlapping urban, social and political imaginaries. Given the coincidence and ''perfect storm'' of environmental, geo-political and economic challenges facing liberal democratic societies, communities will come under increasing strain to preserve and restore social fabric while affording all citizens equal opportunity in determining the forms that future cities and communities will take. Today, 21st century economic neo-liberalism, global warming or recent theories of ''urban vulnerability'' and resilience provide key new contexts for understanding the meaning and legacy of Katrina.