The Last Fortress of Metaphysics

Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of Architecture

von Francesco Vitale

168 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Examines the relationship of Derrida's writings on architecture to his methodology of deconstruction and to deconstrutivism in architecture.Between 1984 and 1994 Jacques Derrida wrote and spoke a great deal about architecture both in his academic work and in connection with a number of particular building projects around the world. He engaged significantly with the work of architects such as Bernard Tschumi, Peter Eisenman, and Daniel Libeskind. Derrida conceived of architecture as an example of the kind of multidimensional writing that he had theorized in Of Grammatology, identifying a rich common ground between architecture and philosophy in relation to ideas about political community and the concept of dwelling. In this book, Francesco Vitale analyzes Derrida's writings and demonstrates how Derrida's work on this topic provides a richer understanding of his approach to deconstruction, highlighting the connections and differences between philosophical deconstruction and architectural deconstructivism.

• Reihe: SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Philosophie Philosophische Traditionen und Denkschulen Nach 1800 Strukturalismus und Post-Strukturalismus
• ISBN: 9781438469362
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.01.2019
• Größe: 216 x 140 mm
• Verlag: SUNY Press