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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825694103321

Autore

Jencks Charles

Titolo

Adhocism : the case for improvisation / / Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2013

ISBN

0-262-31254-9

Edizione

[Expanded and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SilverNathan

Disciplina

701/.15

Soggetti

Arts - Psychological aspects

Improvisation in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part one by Charles Jencks. The spirit of adhocism -- The pluralist universe, or pluriverse -- Mechanical, natural and critical evolution -- Consumer democracy -- Towards an articulate environment -- The ad hoc revolution -- Part two by Nathan Silver -- Modes and resources of adhocism -- The adhocist sensibility -- Adhocism in the market and the city -- Appendix: miscellaneous adhockery.

Sommario/riassunto

The triumphant return of a book that gave us permission to throw out the rulebook, in activities ranging from play to architecture to revolution.