
Egotopia
Narcissism and the New American Landscape
John Miller(Author)
The University of Alabama Press
Published on 10. November 1997
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-8173-0901-5 (ISBN)
Description
Egotopia identifies the physical ugliness that defines and homogenizes America's cities, suburbs and countryside. Believing that prevailing assessments of the American landscape are inadequate and injudicious, John Miller calls into question the conventional wisdom of environmentalists, urban planners, and architects alike. In this examination of what he sees as the ugliness that is the American consumer society, Miller contends that our aesthetic condition can be fully understood only by explorers of the metaphoric environment. Metaphorically, the ugliness of America's great suburban sprawl is the physical manifestation of our increasing narcissism - our egotopia. The ubiquity of psychotherapy as a medium promoting self-indulgence has deified private man as it has demonized public man. The New American Landscape, Miller argues, is no longer the physical manifestation of public and communal values. Instead it has become a projection of private fantasies and narcissistic self-indulgence. Individual interests and private passions can no longer tolerate, nor even recognize, aesthetic concerns in such a landscape dedicated to uncompromising notions of utility.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Alabama
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Weight
433 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8173-0901-5 (9780817309015)
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