Massimo Cacciari
Architecture and Nihilism: On the Philosophy of Modern Architecture.
Yale University Press, 1993. Theoretical Perspectives in Architectural History and Criticism. First printing. Translation by Stephen Sartarelli, introduction by Patrizia Lombardo. 0300052154 lviii/248 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 9.25", is bound in light blue cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book exhibits very light shelfwear. Binding is firm. Dust jacket is in fine condition, preserved in mylar cover.
"Essays substantially revised and translated for this publication. Includes bibliographical references."
"Massimo Cacciari, one of the most influential social philosophers in Italy today, is the founder of the trend of criticism known as "negative thought" that focuses on the failure of traditional logic to explicate the problems of modernity. This book, which introduces his writings to an English-speaking audience, provides a striking social and philosophical account of the twentieth-century metropolis. Patrizia Lombardo's extensive introduction situates Cacciari's thought within the milieu of Italian political activism and philosophy between the 1960s and the 1980s, from his collaboration on the leftist journal Contropiano to his long association with Manfredo Tafuri."