Postindustrial Society
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Статья посвящена рассмотрению проблем трансформации информационного общества, анализу теории виртуального общества и понятию "виртуальная реальность". Исследование демонстрирует, что современное информационное общество не идет по пути... more
Theories of post-industrial society have since their earliest formulations had a questionable relation to actual processes of social change. This article explores why they nonetheless continue to hold influence. Drawing on Mannheim, it... more
Proces rewitalizacji, jakiemu został poddany kompleks przemysłowy Zollverein, jest doskonałym przykładem zmiany funkcji jednego z największych tego typu obiektów w Europie z jednoczesnym wykorzystaniem jego charakteru industrialnego. Może... more
Advancement in the arts and sciences is a primary driver of economic production and social policy in post-industrial societies. Imagination steps back and asks what advances the arts and sciences? This book explores the collective, social... more
Статья в поддержку предыдущего поста. Так получилось, что в таком виде статью завернул руководитель, придется радикально переделать... Но все равно читабельно для тех кому интересна архитектурная теория...
Here I outline some new thinking regarding Lefebvre's concepts of differential space and the right to the city. The previous empirically orientated chapters in the book point to the potential of differential space but have so far left its... more
The alpine region is undergoing a process of deindustrialization that has brought significant changes in the local communities; the large amount of brownfields in the Alps not only affects its economic growth but also the social context... more
Cities are the height of human achievement. Cities are fraught with ambivalence. We adore city life, it stimulates, entertains and excites. Conversely, urban experiences are scary, disorientating and may be physically and mentally... more
Through technological and organizational change from the mid-twentieth century onwards work has become increasingly dissociated from the body. In terms of work the body has, in fact, become progressively obsolete, and we have been... more
This paper contributes to a critical understanding of the production of space through an exploration of notable spatial moments in the 1990s work of the Central Manchester Development Corporation (CMDC), particularly its role in the... more
Knowledge is increasingly thought of as a common good. This is exhibited in the fact that many central economies are moving towards economic paradigms where knowledge plays a fundamental role. This paper explores the confluence between... more
This article reviews the evolution of the concept of culture industries, when neither industry nor culture themselves are today what they were at the time when the term was coined. It attempts to explain the dilution of the term into more... more
The article argues that the institutional theory is an expedient methodological basis for household savings research. With the help of scientific and economic and logical cognitive methods it is shown that the fundamental issues of... more
Definitions and perceptions of professionalism are continually challenged and transformed by public need, government interaction and institutional organizations. When the goals of those three entities are focused on near-term results,... more
RESUMEN La población de España ha evolucionado desde los años ochenta hacia visiones más simbólicas y asumiendo imágenes derivadas de la organización del trabajo propias de las sociedades postindustriales, fortalecidas estas por las... more
The basic subject of this paper is historical and cultural heritage of some parts of Upper Silesia, bind by common history and similar problems at present days. The paper presents some selected historical phenomena that have... more
Der „Tod des Subjekts, der Geschichte und der Metaphysik“ (Benhabib), den die Postmodeme als eine aktuelle Kulturtheorie postuliert, betrifft auch die feministische Theorie. Auf musikalisches Denken und Lernen bezogen, ergeben sich... more
This paper contributes to a critical understanding of the production of urban space through an exploration of notable spatial moments in the 1990s work of the Central Manchester Development Corporation (CMDC), particularly its role in the... more
In the surge of scientific revelations concerning chaos, cybernetics and systems theory since the Second World War, architecture has been drawn into several encounters with dynamic complexity. Architects have often danced with this... more
The paper deals with an interrelation between social and cognitive phenomena associated with transition of the society to the post-industrial epoch. Ideas triggered our study came from two different fields: sociology and epistemology.... more
The alpine region is undergoing a process of deindustrialization that has brought significant changes in the local communities; the large amount of brownfields in the Alps not only affects its economic growth but also the social context... more
This article presents the general description of social consciousness of the individual living life in the frame of postindustrial, postmodern, global and consumer society in the epoch of the millennial turn. The individual’s social... more
This is the first issue of an academic journal, of which I am aware, to focus on Henri Lefebvre and urban planning. Urban spatial planning evolved as a concept to integrate the complex social, economic, environmental, political and land... more
This work, published in 1984, warns about the limitations of traditional organization charts. The conventional charts are useful to represent the power relationships between different organizational units, but they are unable to show how... more
This chapter is an empirically-informed discussion of relevant social theory for examining the phenomenon of lifestyle migration in the United States in both rural and urban settings. Specifically, the chapter explores key explanatory... more
В статье рассматривается развитие представлений о жилищной рационализации и жилищных систем на протяжении развития общества (доиндустриального, индустриального, постиндустриального). На основе изучения зарождающегося на сегодня комплекса... more
An aesthetic theory is offered to bridge between the strategic and physical aspects of architectural design, and the model of such bridging is shown to reflect human cognition of the several generative complementary pairs: real and ideal,... more
The alpine region is undergoing a process of deindustrialization that has brought significant changes in the local communities; the large amount of brownfields in the Alps not only affects its economic growth but also the social context... more
Introduction: local symptoms, global interactions: Common architectural expressions of the emerging postindustrial era usually involve rustbelt iconography, urban restoration, and economic revitalization. The larger manifestations are,... more
This course has four main goals: 1. Theoretical Blueprint: This course is designed to provide broad overview of contemporary social theory and to introduce students to the writings of important social theorists of the late 20th... more