Ruins of Modernity by Julia Hell-P2P
Images of ruins may represent the raw realities created by bombs, natural disasters, or factory closings, but the way we see and understand ruins is not raw or unmediated. Rather, looking at ruins, writing about them, and representing them are acts framed by a long tradition. This unique interdisciplinary collection traces discourses about and representations of ruins from a richly contextualized perspective. In the introduction, Julia Hell and Andreas Schönle discuss how European modernity emerged partly through a confrontation with the ruins of the premodern past.

Ruins of Modernity (Politics, History, and Culture) by Julia Hell, Andreas Schönle-P2P
English | ePUB| History | ISBN/ASIN: 0822344742|2 MB
