Main entry:

Kurokawa, Kishō, 1934-2007, author.

Title & Author:

Each one a hero : the philosophy of symbiosis / Kisho Kurokawa.

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International, 1997.

Description:

543 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Ch. 1. Toward an Age of Symbiosis -- Ch. 2. From the Machine Age to an Age of Life -- Ch. 3. Symbiosis in the Economy -- Ch. 4. Transcending Modernism -- Ch. 5. The Philosophy of Consciousness-Only and Symbiosis -- Ch. 6. EDO: Pre-text for an Age of Symbiosis -- Ch. 7. HANASUKI: Aesthetic of Symbiosis -- Ch. 8. RIKYU GREY: Art of Ambiguity -- Ch. 9. Intermediary Spaces -- Ch. 10. Man and Nature -- Ch. 11. Philosophy of the Karakuri: Symbiosis between Humanity and Technology -- Ch. 12. From Postmodernism to Symbiosis -- Ch. 13. Toward the Evocation of Meaning through Symbiosis -- Ch. 14. Abstraction Rendered Symbolic -- Ch. 15. Two Experimental Communities -- Ch. 16. Symbiosis of Land-Use Planning and Redevelopment -- Ch. 17. Symbiosis in Asia: Promising Future for an Asian Renaissance -- Ch. 18. Challenge of Asia, Challenge of Eco-Media City -- Epilogue: Liberation from Craving and Ignorance

Summary:

The word symbiosis comes from the Greek term for "living together"--Referring to a relationship between two or more organisms that is not only advantageous but necessary to both. Today, as national boundaries give way to larger economic alliances, increased discussion and interchange is imperative. Kisho Kurokawa, the noted Japanese architect and urban planner, argues that symbiosis is the means to this end. Symbiosis differs basically from concepts of harmony or peace, because it encompasses both opposition and competition. The author sees evidence everywhere that an increasingly symbiotic attitude is taking root around the world, not only in shifts toward democracy and interreliance but in the growing emphasis on pluralism, multiculturalism, and especially ecology - "the symbiosis of diverse species." The book touches on the writer's areas of professional specialization - architecture and urban planning - but the philosophy of symbiosis, which already boasts a substantial following among some of the world's most prominent political and business leaders, concerns us all. In addition to multiple issues of direct concern to the evolving relationship - economic, political, and cultural - between the West and Japan, the second half of Each One a Hero: The Philosophy of Symbiosis analyzes in detail the Asian Renaissance underway today. A spotlight is thrown on Malaysia and the plan for a Multimedia Super Corridor, or Eco-Media City, currently attracting global notice and investment

ISBN:

4770021402
9784770021403

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Symbiosis (Psychology)
City planning.
Architecture Japan History 20th century.
Architecture Philosophy.
City Planning
Architecture et société.
Symbiose (Psychologie)
Urbanisme.
Architecture Philosophie.
Architecture Japon Histoire 20e siècle.
urban planning.
architectural theory.
Architecture
Architecture and society History 20th century.
Japan

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 201410
Call No.: NA44.K969.A35 1997
Status: Available