Adhocism the case for improvisation /

Jencks, Charles.

Adhocism the case for improvisation / Charles Jencks and Nathan Silver ; with a new foreword by Charles Jencks, and a new afterword by Nathan Silver. - Expandedition. and updated edition. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xxi, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Originally published by Doubleday and Company, Incorporated, 1972.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Part one by Charles Jencks. The spirit of adhocism -- The pluralist universe, or pluriverse -- Mechanical, natural and critical evolution -- Consumer democracy -- Towards an articulate environment -- The ad hoc revolution -- Part two by Nathan Silver. Modes and resources of adhocism -- The adhocist sensibility -- Adhocism in the market and the city -- Appendix: miscellaneous adhockery.



9781461931836


Arts--Psychological aspects.
Improvisation in art.


Electronic Books.

NX165 / .A346 2013