The architecture of deconstruction : Derrida's haunt
Language: English Publication details: Cambridge The MIT Press 1995 Description: xv, 278 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 0262731142Subject(s): Deconstruction (Architecture) | Derrida, Jacques--PhilosophySummary: 9780262731140Summary: Includes bibliographical references and index.Summary: Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecture - architecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend. In this book Wigley redefines the question of deconstruction and architecture. By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconstructive discourse.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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9780262731140
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecture - architecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend. In this book Wigley redefines the question of deconstruction and architecture. By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconstructive discourse.
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