AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesIntroduction: A Placid Society1 Quantum Creationâ1 Quantum Creationâ2 Topological Imaginationâ3 Doublingâ4 Color Music2 Four Temperamentsâ1 A Relaxed Steelinessâ2 Do Not Forget to Laughâ3 Classic and Romanticâ4 The Four Temperamentsâ5 Grandiosity versus Limits3 Creation Australisâ1 The Australian Creationâ2 A Modern Odysseusâ3 Value, Shape and Beautyâ4 Utility and Ornamentâ5 A Society of Cities4 Australian Imaginariesâ1 Ways of Seeingâ2 The Beautiful and the Sublimeâ3 Antinomiesâ4 Introvert and Extrovert5 Realists and Romanticsâ1 Political Romanticismâ2 Cycles of Romance and Realityâ3 History, Authenticity, Natureâ4 Anti-politicsâ5 Movements and Moralistsâ6 From History to Geometry6 Portal Metaphysicsâ1 Entry and Exitâ2 Ancients and Modernsâ3 Creating Worldsâ4 Metaphysics of Creationâ5 Truth, Truths and Ambidexterityâ6 Where Is the Homeless Mind at Home?â7 Steel and Glassâ8 Enigmatic Shadows7 Stranger Architectonicsâ1 The Portal Cityâ2 Strangers and Citizensâ3 Cities, Nations and Empiresâ4 Structures and Proportionsâ5 True Liesâ6 Nature and Convention8 Epic Mythistoryâ1 Gallipoliâ2 Epic Mythistoryâ3 Atrocity in Modernityâ4 Enigma and Fortuneâ5 Character and Ideologyâ6 What Kind of People?9 Modern Sacredsâ1 Secular and Sacredâ2 Cultural Modernizationâ3 The Envy of Creationâ4 Portals and Paradoxesâ5 Liquid StoneReferencesIndex.
Stranger Cities: Australian Creation and the Ambidextrous Mind, a Profile of Portal Modernity : Australian Creation and the Ambidextrous Mind, a Profile of Portal Modernity