Gigantomania

As megalomania ( delusions of grandeur, from Greek: gigas, large ', mania, madness ' ) is called the pursuit, beyond measure and Huge to exceed the fellow man through demonstrative, exaggerated performances. Due to oversized monumental buildings rulers sought ever to demonstrate their power and secure.

An immeasurably increased striving people sought to become godlike. In the tradition of the Tower of Babel, this ambition was a critical reflection. Philosophically culture finds this phenomenon (also gigantism or titanism ) in the modern era, inter alia, with Oswald Spengler, Günther Anders and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker in different ways attention.

Construction projects with gigantistischen trains

• The Seven Wonders of the World
• List of tallest buildings in the world
• World Capital Germania
• Dubai Waterfront