Abstract:

The “memorial style” and “mystification” demonstrate different historical trends of urbanization: the former shows the will of power while the latter commercial hegemony. The urban modernization presents a historical cycle of “mystifying-demystifying-remystifying” and is day by day alienated as the illusion of symbols and ruling by symbols. The construction of a “poetic city” aims to restore to the idea that“a city serves as a theatre for daily life”, facilitating the unity of poetry and daily life. It is to establish an urban philosophical paradigm rooted in life world by emphasizing the criticism and reconstruction of modern cities via “poetry” beyond the three dimensions of “divinity”, “power” and “humanity”.