THE GESTALT OF THE URBAN IMAGINARY
THE GESTALT OF THE URBAN IMAGINARY
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城市想象的格式塔
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2006
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R. Lindner
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R. Lindner
在我们这个碎片化的时代，思考某种事物的格式塔是一种相当罕见的想法——甚至可能与时代精神格格不入。事实上，格式塔的概念指的是碎片化的反面，碎片化是我们这个时代的假定标志：即现象的相互关联性。尽管如此，这篇文章表明我们将城市想象视为城市的精神形态。根据格式塔理论的创始人马克斯·韦特海默的说法，格式塔是一个有组织的统一体，其中部分过程由整体的性质决定。相反，整体必须已经在部分中显现出来。城市想象的基本主题——历史上形成的经济部门的产物——就是我们的例子。
In our age of fragmentation it is quite an uncommon idea – perhaps even one out of step with the spirit of the times – to think of the gestalt of something. Indeed, the idea of gestalt refers to the very opposite of fragmentation, the supposed sign of our times: namely to the interconnectedness of phenomena. Nevertheless this essay suggests that we think of the urban imaginary as the mental gestalt of the city. According to the founder of gestalt theory, Max Wertheimer, the gestalt is an organised unity where the part processes are determined by the nature of the whole. Conversely the whole must already be revealed in the part. The basic theme of a city’s imaginary – product of the historically formative economic sector – is our case in point.