Kant for Architects

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English | ISBN: 0415698693 | 2017 | 146 pages | AZW3 | 1297 KB
Immanuel Kant's work was constantly informed by a concern for the world as an evolving whole. This book is a perfect introduction to his thinking for architects. According to Kant, in this interconnected and dynamic world, humans should act as mutually dependent and responsible subjects. Given his future-oriented and ethico-politically concerned thinking, Kant is a thinker who clearly speaks to architects. This introduction demonstrates how his ideas bear pertinently and creatively upon the world in which we live now and for which we should care thoughtfully. Kant grounded his enlightened vision of philosophys mission using an architectural metaphor: of the modest "dwelling- house" - a "secure home for ourselves", one which appropriately corresponds at once to the limited material resources available on our planet, and to our need for firm and solid principles to live by. This book also explores cosmopolitics, which attempts to think politics from a global pers