Lewis Mumford

Lewis Mumford, KBE (* October 19, 1895 in Flushing, Queens, New York City; † January 26, 1990 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York) was an American architectural critics and scholars. A more detailed categorization as a historian, philosopher, sociologist, or even writer is the interdisciplinary nature of Mumford's multifaceted oeuvre hardly do justice. In German-speaking Mumford is mainly known for his writings on the history of the city and the art.

Life

Lewis Mumford studied at various New York universities, without, however, get a degree. His first book, a study of literary utopias ( The Story of Utopias ) he published in 1922. With his work on Herman Melville (1929 ), he contributed to the rediscovery of this author at. In his work, Sticks and Stones. A Study of American Architecture and Civilization (1924 ) and countless architectural criticism, including in New York Mumford was an influential figure in terms of architecture and urban planning. Mumford's concern was there a humane urban and regional planning. His principal work, published in 1961, the city. History and outlook in 1962 won the National Book Award. In his 1967 and 1970 published in two volumes Myth of the Machine he describes the creation and history of Western civilization as a technocratic culture that is organized as a global mega-machine.

1969 Mumford was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal, a prestigious award for art history, founded by Melvin Kranzberg Society for the History of Technology ( SHOT).

Works

  • The Story of Utopias (1922 )
  • Sticks and Stones (1924 )
  • The Golden Day ( 1926)
  • The Brown Decades: A Study of the Arts in America, 1865-1895 (1931 )
  • " Renewal of Life" series Technics and Civilization (1934 )
  • The Culture of Cities ( 1938)
  • The Condition of Man (1944 )
  • The Conduct of Life ( 1951)
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