ENV DES 1 Chapter Notes - Chapter All: José Ortega Y Gasset, Utopia, Omnipotence
3 Nov 2015
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Collage city and the re- conquest of time: Man has no nature but has history. Human history vs. natural history is the former can never begin again (jose ortega y gasset) Collision of physical = psychological and a temporal plane. Becomes a political icon signifying a range of attitudes relating to historical process and social change. 2 reservoirs: tradition and utopia - ex. Utopia must win and aim for the future: suppression of competing aims become more urgent if we consider the period of utopian construction is liable to social change. 5. the whole approach is in danger of breaking down - if we change our ultimate political aims, we end up going in circles: only way to avoid such changes = utopia engineers must become omniscient and omnipotent. Tradition is indispensable - communication rests upon tradition: tradition is related to a felt need for a structure social environment.
