Mostro. Parola sfaccettata; ambigua; Dai Molteplici Significati. Figura Che assembla in Seacute; Una Contaminazione innaturale di Elementi diversificato; Tali da provocare meraviglia o orrore. O; Ancora; Che possiede in Misura straordinaria Qualitagrave; Negativo o Positivo. E il Protagonista di QUESTO lancinante romanzo di Alessandra Hropich E mostro nellaccezione maggiormente Negativa del Termine; Esempio supremo di malvagitagrave;; sintesi Estrema di pulsione perversa e distruttiva. Spesso le mura domestiche Celano incubi Che; Dallesterno; non riescono ad Essere Colti . Incubi Che Popolano Solamente le vite di chi abita Quelle mura. In QUESTO Caso Una moglie e Causa Figlie alla merceacute; di ONU padre-padrone. Una figurativo sfuggente; Untilde;a una a psicologicamente; distorta; disturbata e instabile Che; Oltre a portare su di Seacute; Il Marchio infamante della pedofilia; e pervasa da Una serie infinita di Patologie e turbe Mentali. Quel Che SI dadi delle Nazioni Unite "vero e Proprio Caso clinico da manuale". QUANDO il mostro e Il Proprio padre e La cronistoria nuda e cruda Di Una Famiglia distrutta Dalla Presenza di ONU orco Dalla crudeltagrave; senza limiti e SI PONE Venire ONU diario degli avvenimenti in cui Gli Abusi sui minori Sono solo Una Dei Tanti scheletri nellarmadio analizzati. Un Libro Che; scoperchiando Uno Dei Tanti vasi di Pandora Nascosti Nelle Caso del Nostro Paese; vuole Essere di INTERESSE; SIA Collettivo; SIA per chi sta Vivendo ONU trauma similitudine; Ancora non avendo avuto la Forza o il coraggio di ribellarsi ad Esso. corredato da Una Interviste Personalitagrave; del Mondo ecclesiastico; legale e medico this discesa Agli inferi Nella anormale normalitagrave; Di Una Famiglia simprime Nella Memoria. Ricordando al Lettore Che il maschio e la SUA atroce banalitagrave; SI nascondono Piugrave; Vicino di Quanto SI Pensi.Edito da Bibliotheka Edizioni.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. 78 years after its original publication; the book is still relevant and fascinatingBy Steve GThe book is part of a series called Forbidden Bookshelf. It is not clear why or what this means. Just as confusing is the introduction by Mark Crispin Miller; talking about ldquo;vanished books.rdquo; This introduction is followed by another by Thomas Fisher. This introduction is worth reading as it places the book into historical context as it was originally published in 1938. The book itself; written by Lewis Mumford is excellent. The first half of the book is about the history of cities and the second half about how Mumford saw that cities should develop. The history part is superb; although highly focussed on western Europe and the United States. Since the book was published in the 1930s; it was fascinating to read how Mumford saw cities developing and how they actually have. I am not sure that Mumford; if he were alive today; would be entirely thrilled. So even if parts of the book are dated; I still enjoyed it and recommend it as an interesting read.2 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A classic for a new time.By Joseph Iliff (@SeekOutWisdom)City planning is often a difficult subject to pin down. While it has only been around as a distinct profession for a little more than 100 years; people have been living in cities for thousands of years. The form of their cities reflects their lives; and their lives reflect the form of their cities. A detailed discussion of can be maddening because it bleeds over into so many other disciplines. City planning is often the confluence between numerous other forces and ways of thinking. Just as a city is interconnected actions and reactions of multiple parties; so is city planning. It is refreshing to see a classic text; with both the breadth and depth necessary to do the topic justice; republished for a new audience. We know that our urban places are changing into something humanity has not seen before. It makes it even more important to study the past; to know how we got to where we are; and cultivate the wisdom from the lessons we have learned. If cities are all your thing; put this on your list.19 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant and InspiringBy J TaylorLewis Mumfords The Culture of Cities is anything but what can legitimately be expected from a typical book about urban planning; nor does it read like the average history book either. Rather than coming across as a very precise-but dry-discussion of the most technical aspects of the history of urban planning; Mumford wrote this book as a manifesto tackling nothing less than the very meaning of being human and the future of civilization. As he writes in the beginning of the book; "Today we begin to see that the improvement of cities is no matter for small one-sided reforms: the task of city design involves the vaster task of rebuilding our civilization." (p.9) Considering that most academics often set their sights on small goals of dubious importance to anyone but other specialists in their same field; the fact that Mumford dares to address some of the most meaningful and yet most complicated issues imaginable calls for attention and makes his book one that is impossible to remain indifferent to. Most readers will either be seduced by his romantic utopian thinking or will resent it as arrogant and presumptuous. Personally; Ill confess that I fall in the first group.Expecting a single main thesis to emerge from The Culture of Cities; and all of its nearly 600 pages; may be naiuml;ve since many major topics are addressed throughout the book. However; there is one common thread unifying all of them: from page one to the very end Mumford continues to argue that our present model of civilization has entered a dramatic period of crisis; and that our current choices will result in either rebirth or self-destruction for humanity. The entire goal of The Culture of Cities is to highlight the problem areas and offer possible solutions. In Mumfords view; the most critical of these areas are the relationships between human beings and nature; our own bodies; sexuality; and community. Alienation from all of these crucial components of life is; in Mumfords analysis; what characterizes the daily life of most human beings; and this fact is clearly reflected in the cities we build and apartments we live in. In a particularly meaningful; albeit very long quote; Mumford makes this very clear;"This metropolitan world; then; is a world where flesh and blood is less real than paper and ink and celluloid.... Living thus; year in and year out; at second hand; remote from the nature that is outside them and no less remote from the nature within; handicapped as lovers and as parents by the routine of the metropolis and by the constant specter of insecurity and death that hovers over its bold towers and shadowed streets-living thus the mass of inhabitants remain in a state bordering on the pathological." (p.258) In other words; modern civilization is an aberration of what human life could be. Rather than being the main subject of the book; urban planning is a symptom of this more widespread crisis facing humanity collectively. Restoring a healthy relationship with nature; both inside and outside of us; is the key for countering the suicidal path we have entered. This main consideration affects all aspects of urban planning in Mumfords mind; from the necessity for green spaces in the midst of the city and a less polluting relationship with the environment to the designing of apartments and parks with the goal of helping love-making be more comfortable and natural. As much as I am trying to restrain myself from quoting too much from the book; Mumford expresses this idea too beautifully not to be quoted one more time;"Love-making and home-making; eroticism and domesticity; sexual delight and the assiduous nurture of children-these are among the highest human goals of genuine biotechnic planning.... Good design means going back to fundamentals: a child at wok in a stable and reassuring world: a pair of lovers at play in a room where the scent of lilacs may creep through the window; or the shrill piping of crickets be heard in the garden below." (p. 433) Mumfords ability to connect the most mundane aspects of urban planning with the most central aspects of human existence is-in my mind-his greatest strength. In the discussion of some of the topics he focuses on Mumford demonstrates to be incredibly ahead of his times. Today; the globalization of the world has been revealing that the attachment to fixed boundaries and rigid identities is becoming increasingly more anachronistic. By arguing for the development of a consciousness that is global and local at the same time and by criticizing any kind of patriotism and nationalism as small-minded; Mumford anticipates this idea by a few decades. This is not to say that The Culture of Cities is immune from weaknesses. His idealization of the medieval city as much more desirable than modern civilization is historically not very convincing. Furthermore; trying to build the future by looking at the medieval past indicates a nostalgia for a mythical "golden age" that may have never existed more than a concrete platform to develop. Overall; Mumford seems much better at bringing to our attention some of the key areas that need to be addressed than he is at getting down to the nitty-gritty and outlining the concrete steps to be taken. Despite these problems; his work is inspiring and brilliant.
