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Informationen zum Autor Harold D. Lasswell Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and what the environment does to individuals. In The Signature of Power, Lasswell examines the symbolic use that people make of their surround-ings and the symbolic complexity of the way they interpret an altered envi-ronment. Transformed habitats can change experiences and behaviors. All beings seek to maximize their prefer-red events, such as power and wealth, when utilizing the environment -- be it glass skyscrapers or Gothic estates. Physical structures are modified to give expression to the perspectives of influential individuals and groups. This fascinating study considers the complex interplay between the mate-rial and the symbolic. The physical changes introduced for political pur-poses by architects, planners, and en-gineers are guided by the perspectives of designers. Interactions occurring in human society are simultaneous acts of communication and collaboration. Regardless of whether physical resources are specified for the transmission of messages, they nevertheless have a de-gree of communicative impact. Physical structures may be profoundly affected by the purposes, assumptions, and identities of those people who plan or change them. Environmental de-sign, says Lasswell, is an instrument of political power. Zusammenfassung Advanced industrial societies are becoming aware of the impact of what they do to the physical and biological environment, and also what that environment does to individuals. In The Signature of Power , Harold D. Lasswell examines the symbolic use people make of their surroundings and the complexity of the way they interpret an altered environment. Transformed habitats can change experiences and behaviors. All people seek to maximize their preferred events, such as power and wealth, when they use the environment—be it through glass skyscrapers or Gothic estates. In all cases, physical structures give expression to the perspectives of influential individuals and groups. This volume considers the complex interplay between the material and the symbolic. Physical changes introduced for political purposes by architects, planners, and engineers are guided by the perspectives of designers. These and other interactions in human society are simultaneous acts of communication and collaboration. Regardless of whether physical resources are used to transmit messages, such interactions nevertheless have a degree of communicative impact. Physical structures may be profoundly affected by the purposes, assumptions, and identities of those people who plan or change them. Environmental design, says Lasswell, is an instrument of political power. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part I Analysis 1 The Military Arena: The Encircling and the Encircled 2 The Civil Arena and the Sharing of Power The Civil Arena: Patterns of Interpenetration The Sharing of Power: The Vertical and the Horizontal 3 The Phases of Decision Dimensions of Decision: Differentiation and Demarcation The Intelligence Phase (Informing): Gathering, Processing, and Disseminating Knowledge The Promoting Phase: Mobilization of Support The Prescribing Phase: Formulating Norms, Contingencies, and Sanctions The Invoking Phase: Provisional Characterization of Particular Situations The Applying Phase: Final Characterization of the Particular The Terminating Phase: Cancelling and Compensating The Appraisal Phase: Reviews of Performance and Impact 4 The Phenomena of Spacing 5 The Earth as Icon Part II Exhibits 1.0 Silhouette Analysis 2.0 Decision Functions 3.0 Symbolizing Identity 4.0 Modes and Sequences of Differentiation and Demarcation 5.0 Centralization and Decentralization 6.0 Equality/Inequality<...
