Roger Scruton: The Impact of Modern Ugly Architecture on Islamic Culture
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- Опубликовано: 9 апр 2019
- Sir Roger Vernon Scruton is an English philosopher and writer who specialises in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of traditionalist conservative views.
In recent years he taught courses in Buckingham University, Oxford University and University of St. Andrews.
In this clip, he talks about the impact of modern ugly architecture on islamic culture and why beauty matters. Complete videos quoted under creative common:
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It amazes me that so few people are aware of how architecture informs our existence.
I live in Chicago, and recently moved from the East Lakeview neighborhood to Uptown. The difference in architecture is jaw dropping. It is clear how much 19th century and early 20th century commercial buildings and homes remain stretching into Edgewater. My friends think it's boring, but I want to know everything about them and the people who built them and first worked and lived in them.
Beauty is important.
I live near Chicago too, and the stark contrast is quite crazy
I agree, if only people thinked that beauty and the function were important than it can come back.
Beauty matters in architecture.
"Things reveal themselves in their passing." How sadly true...
The Czech author who wrote despairingly about the “uglification of the world” is Milan Kundera. Scruton refers to this in his book The Aesthetics of Architecture
Thank you
Sir Roger is a national treasure. The Conservative party, who just sacked him for reasonable comments taken out of context, is an increasingly doomed national embarrassment and disgrace.
I agree. Just like the vast majority of conservative parties in Europe, they have turned left because they don't know how to stand their ground. Sadly, the left in Europe is brave and controls the cultural behavior of most Europeans, while conservatives are letting their heritage die because they don't want progressives to call them fascists. What a disgrace.
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Beauty is a component of the universal creative force. As important as procreation, continued expansion and differentiation. To understand beauty properly you need to turn the looking glass of consciousness around. Beauty resonates with something already in your soul. Like the sympathetic resonance of a guitar string being plucked will cause a guitar across the room to come alive and resonate the same wave. Fine art and architecture can resonate with your soul and thereby please your sense of well being and please God.
This is why the ancient Greeks used devine proportions in their buildings, so they would resonate with your soul and suit their intended purpose. The Romans later came alone and dug up what was ancient history to them when they copied Greek architecture and included occult principles and proportions into their buildings as well. Leave all religion and secret knowledge out of it if you like and just come to terms with the fact that humans are happier around beauty and true beauty is determined not by personality but by your subconscious.
That is a beautiful comment.
1:30 woah... I had never herd that before... It's a little mind blowing to think that part of his personal intent was likely rooted in striking back at modern architecture,,, 0_o
In terms of the trivium aligning with the three ideals, I think I'd reverse his assignation of grammar and rhetoric. Grammar maps more to beauty (order, form) and rhetoric to goodness (content).
Sir Roger Scruton and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf are great men
One of them is great.
How can Scruton make an argument with reference to Mohammad Atta, who terror-flew into one of the twin Skyscrapers ?
i thought it was intriguing, if m.atta studied architecture and had conservative views about it.
Scruton was not making an argument in itself, but in western societies we do not give any validity, credit or reference to a man who mass-killed people, that is an awful disrespect to the victims - no matter if it's philosophical interesting. There are thousands of other points to make about arcitecture.
@@tomhummel2641 Hes just stating a fact with no disrespect to the victims. Also there might be more examples but the TT was one of the most important events of C21. In no way is it tantamount to saying the fate of the towers was for the best along with the myriad of souls they took with them, or that terrorists have sound opinions ... Just look at it as insight into the motivations of extreme acts and how disgust and a desire for beauty plays into them. Analyzing =/= justifying. Mentioning =/= disrespecting. In a way it also brings one closer to the act... It is hard to conceive but that terrorist could just as well be yourself/myself/anyone under different circumstances.
@@tomhummel2641 Referencing the man is not disrespectful.
@@tomhummel2641 Yes we do. All the time. Usually they’re just less recent mass murderers. Or they’re “on our side”.
"the whole purpose of one's existence is to get to a place beyond ugliness and beauty" John pentland. "Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so" hamlet. We are constantly identifying with externals and in the process we lose ourselves. Where are "YOU" in all this?! "what do you read, my lord? Words, words, words" hamlet. 99.9% of conversation is nothing more than the mechanical expression of platitudes. Life is too short for this
How else would we house the ever growing population without changing the architecture?
How else could I eat if I didn't bite my dog...non-sequitur.
The man's clearly pissed.
Yeah right..airplanes and blocks.
It is absolutely disgusting to invoke Mohammed Atta with anything other than complete contempt and loathing. Roger Vernon Scruton is a disgrace.
Grow up.
Lol.
It's an academic discussion. Control your emotions.
By your same stupid logic, we should consider it ‘absolutely disgusting’ to merely mention that Hitler loved animals, or had a healthy diet, or was a moderately talented artist. Or indeed to mention any unsavoury character at all without putting on a show of self-righteous disapproval to signal your virtue to others. Do grow up and stop being offended by everything.
And 99.9% of the world said: Who cares
Pretty sure many people are bothered by ugly architecture.
If you live in an Eastern European city estate built in the 1950s you probably have no idea that urban architecture can be beautiful.
@ Dmitry Alexander Samoilov
@@ohood4863 nice joke
Don't assume everyone is as apathetic as you.