Postmodern Singapore
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Postmodern Singapore
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Postmodern Singapore written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Popular culture categories.
Alternative Post Modernity
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Alternative Post Modernity written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Architecture categories.
In this book, Singapore architect and intellectual William Lim continues his search for alternative Asian perspectives to Eurocentric modernity and US-style globalization. This compilation comprises essays and lectures of the past two years, when the author pondered contemporary critical cultural and urban discourses through which he formulated new ideas and analyses, particularly in relation to the postmodern, glocality and social justice. Lim's articles express powerful indictments of the multiple failures of Eurocentric modernity. He challenges the mainstream modernist theories on urbanism and globality. He offers critical alternatives and expands the frontiers of radical postmodern urbanism to include sustainability, basic needs, citizen participation and social justice. The title of the book, Alternative (Post)modernity, clearly signals the complex relational fluidity, hybridity and de-territorisation between modernity and postmodernity. The slogan of "think global and act local and vice versa", perhaps can describe the dialectical, indefinable and ever evolving relationship of (Post)modernity.
Singapore And Asia Celebrating Globalisation And An Emerging Post Modern Asian Civilisation
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Author : Thiow Kong Ti
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
Release Date : 2014-04-01
Singapore And Asia Celebrating Globalisation And An Emerging Post Modern Asian Civilisation written by Thiow Kong Ti and has been published by Partridge Publishing Singapore this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-01 with History categories.
Singapore and Asia- Celebrating Globalisation and an Emerging Post-modern Asian Civilisation TK Ti and Edward SE Ti This book examines the history of the global economy and how cultural values have empowered the rapid emergence of Singapore and East Asia. A review of the major world civilizations recounts Western hegemony since the 16th century. With legacies from Classical Mediterranean, Islamic Abbasid and Christian scholasticism, Western civilization created the modern world, pushing the borders of techno-science, rule of law, democracy and human rights. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, the greatest impact of global modernization has been in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong Singapore and China. These East Asian countries all share a Confucian heritage of hard work ethics, thrift, love of learning and respect for benign authority. Although democracy has had a lukewarm reception, there has been whole-hearted embrace of techno-science and the globalized economy. Singapore, a miniscule island state fighting for survival following its expulsion from Malaysia in 1965, showcases how uninterrupted innovative governance and modernization has created an efficient, livable and global port-city, top financial center and host to the worlds largest conglomerate of Multinational Corporations. There is expectation that current research investment would transform Singapore into a mature knowledge economy. In addition to Singapores openness and welcome of global talents and workers, committed governance has achieved rule of law, control of crime and corruption, meritocracy in political and public appointments, trade union support, and racial and religious harmony. Social support, which continues to be enhanced, is not by way of hand-outs but as subsidies in education, healthcare, and home ownership. In the 1970s and 1980s, Asian values was proposed to be driving the emergence of Japan and the Asian tigers. With the current awesome rise of China challenging the world order, it seems prudent to resume the conversation.
Asian Ethical Urbanism
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2005
Asian Ethical Urbanism written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Social Science categories.
- The author, having lectured widely on subjects relating to architecture and urbanism around the region, has in depth knowledge of Asian cities and their urban and architectural conditions - The book provides an alternative urbanism addressing the unprecedented urban explosion in the emerging non-Western economies and the increasingly prevalent post-modern conditions of pluralistic culture, tolerance of differences, fragmentation and chaotic order - The book presents a radical theory of Asian ethical urbanism, which transcends and discards the constraints and rigidity of modernist planning and situates its critical substances within the challenging conditions of Asian cities today
Alternatives In Transition
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Alternatives In Transition written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Culture categories.
The Asian Modern
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Author : C. J. Wan-ling Wee
language : en
Publisher: NUS Press
Release Date : 2007
The Asian Modern written by C. J. Wan-ling Wee and has been published by NUS Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Mohamed Sultan
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Mohamed Sultan written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Buildings categories.
Architecture Art Identity In Singapore
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Author : William Siew Wai Lim
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Architecture Art Identity In Singapore written by William Siew Wai Lim and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Architecture categories.
Singapore S Park System Master Planning
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Author : Raffaella Sini
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Singapore S Park System Master Planning written by Raffaella Sini and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Science categories.
This book traces the evolution of Singapore’s parks system, from colonial to present times. Further, it contextualizes the design and planning of parks in the general discourse on western and eastern traditions: early twentieth century western conceptions ‘imported’ during colonialism; modernism; postmodernism, and the contemporary ecological debate. Park system planning products respond to national policies and result in structural urban elements and a range of park types. Global (western ideology) and local issues have influenced park system planning and the physical design of individual parks over time. However, in Singapore the eastern literature has not addressed the development of parks and urban green spaces in terms of historical perspective. The publication reveals the interrelations between visual representations and changing political ideologies. Singapore’s system of public parks is shown to represent an iconography created by the state. Its set of constructed narratives elucidates on the potential social, cultural and environmental roles of public parks. However, Singapore’s park system presents a novel paradigm for expanding Asian cities, characterized by evolving urban imaging strategies. In framing Singapore’s case study within the broader perspective of eastern applications of western planning and design practices, and constructions of nation in post-colonial countries, the manuscript establishes the contribution of the Singaporean model of design and planning of parks to the international debate.
Everyday Modernism
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Author : Jiat-hwee Chang
language : en
Publisher: National University of Singapore Press
Release Date : 2022-11-24
Everyday Modernism written by Jiat-hwee Chang and has been published by National University of Singapore Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-24 with categories.