Simmel: A Ruína

• Main Author: Carlos Fortuna (auth)
• Other Authors: António Sousa Ribeiro (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Coimbra University Press 2019
• Series: Olhares
• Subjects: Meaning; Classic ruin; (post)industrial ruin; Aesthetics; Contemporary ruin; Ruin; Conflict of nature with the spirit
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It presents the centenary essay of Simmel The Ruin, in a version of 1919 although the text originally appeared in 1911, and discusses the author's approach to aesthetics and the meaning of classical ruin. At the same time, the (post)industrial ruins are disallowed, which allows questions about...