性别神话与思想及城市的复合体——从柏拉图的亚特兰蒂斯到瓦尔特·本雅明的哲学化都市
文章摘要:早在20世纪初期,本雅明就提出一种观点,即思想与人造环境之间的互动促成了具有划时代意义的持久进步。当代研究认为,城市形态中的性别隐喻显然印证了本雅明的这个观点。从早期古迹起,城市中的庞大建筑就代表男性气概,而空旷区域则具有女性气质。思想与人造环境的相互作用始于史前神话,它们与人类身体及天空相关。西方古人在自然与人造环境的联系中感知世界,从中即可洞察到性别的投射。这些认识肇始于柏拉图的亚特兰蒂斯和厄洛斯神话,后来又可能因中国阴阳神话的传入... 展开
Abstract:In the early twentieth century Walter Benjamin introduced the idea of epochal and ongoing progression in interaction between mind and the built environment. Since early antiquity,the present study suggests,Benjamin’s notion has been manifest in metaphors of gender in city-form,whereby edifices and urban voids have represented masculinity and femininity,respectively. At the onset of interaction between mind and the built environme... 展开