Why are the terms “modern” and “modernity” so heavily contested?
Why are the terms “modern” and “modernity” so heavily contested?
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Identify for me 5 key points of that tension in Paris. Where is it holding both the old and the new in tension? How is it doing so? Why might it want to hold onto that old piece of Paris? What does it represent? Why not get rid of it?
New and Old Tension in Paris -How do ruins fit into a city landscape? How does the past fit in with the present? Paris, the Capital of Modernity according to Balzac, exists at the intersection of decay and growth, of regret and hope. A city like Athens or Rome feels the pull of their history […]