Deserted agora: the public space the beginning of the 21th century

Abstract. The article discusses the features of the public space in the beginning of 21th century and the phenomenon of alienation of society from a culture; analyzes the problem of social disintegration and how to resolve it in the architecture and monumental art.

Key words: agora, public space, culture, society, alienation, barrier, conflict, architecture, monumental art, sculpture.

Lekus Elena Yurievna,
researcher, Research Centre of St. Petersburg State Art
and Industry Academy A.Stieglitz (Saint Petersburg),
e-mail: lekus_elena@mail.ru

Founder
Likhachev
Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural
Heritage

Publisher
Likhachev
Russian Research
Institute for Cultural
and Natural
Heritage

Frequency
4 issues per year

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online only

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information media
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Эл. № ФС77-59205,
date: 03.09.2014

институт культурного

и природного наследия

имени Д.С.Лихачёва,

2014-2025.

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