2014年4月6日 星期日

【人物】基迪恩(Giedion)_我們正處於一個矛盾衝擊的過渡時期。(THE END)


Gustave Le Bon (1841~1931)法國社會心理學家,曾說:「我們的周圍,我們只看見一片騷亂,盲目的激動,猶豫的見解,搖擺的思想。」

Giedion所處是承襲以往與邁向未來,兩種傾向相混合而交錯的時代,此時期看來沒有一個明確的前進方向,呈現著各種矛盾衝擊與一片混亂的建築外觀。

但同樣的混亂過渡,對於兩個觀察者便可能產生全然不同的影響。一個人看見的也許只是各種矛盾衝擊的特性,以及互不相容的混亂面,而另一個人也許在混亂之中得以體察洞見其共同發生作用,以開拓新的解決方式的各種因素。要在這兩種見解中確定此一時代的重點,並不是一件簡單的事。

基迪恩系列文章的最後,引述來自法國大革命時代背景所寫的小說「雙城記」的一段話「這是最好的時代,也是最壞的時代;這是智慧的年代,也是無知的年代;這是信仰的紀元,也是懷疑的紀元;這是光明的季節,也是黑暗的季節;這是希望的春天,也是絕望的冬天;我們無所不有,我們一無所有;我們正走向天堂之路,我們也通往地獄之門」重新回望檢視所處的時代,國際、經濟、政策、教育、道德、都市、環境、明天,社會面臨劇烈變動,徬徨又混沌未明的狀態,城市未來發展顯得更為茫然,但也最具洞察與可塑性,或許是最壞的時代,也或許是最好的時代。

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way- in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ─Charles Dickens

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