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The Empire of Masks: Pluralism and Monism in Politics and Architecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2004

Samir Younés
Samir Younés
Affiliation:
The University of Notre Dame
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Abstract

This essay assesses the opposition of pluralism and monism with respect to politics and architecture, developing the argument within three general areas: the spurious association between political intentions and architectural character, the distinctions and commonalties between political freedom and artistic freedom, and the adverse effect of inappropriate associations between political content and artistic form in general and, in particular, the perceptual impairment of the processes by which buildings come to be endowed with their suitable character.

Type
Research Article
Information
Philosophy , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 533 - 551
Copyright
© The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2004

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