The Resistant Object of Architecture: A Lacanian Perspective - Couverture rigide

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Čeferin, Petra

 
9780367624408: The Resistant Object of Architecture: A Lacanian Perspective
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ISBN 10 : 0367624400 ISBN 13 : 9780367624408
Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Architecture's role is becoming increasingly limited to serving the all-pervasive system of globalised capitalism and becoming a constituent, complicit part of its mechanism. The Resistant Object of Architecture addresses this problem, and does so in a way that represents a marked departure from predominant responses which, as the book shows, do not address the core issue.

The book addresses this problem by focusing on the question "what is architecture?," and responds to this question by developing the immanent structural logic of architecture that enables it to work not only as an instrumental thinking practice, but as a practice of creative thinking. This means that it alone determines its issues, problems, and priorities, and precisely because of that it has the capacity and cogency to destabilise, indeed pierce holes in the system in which it operates.

The Resistant Object of Architecture draws on various theoretical sources, from the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan and the philosophy of Alain Badiou, to contemporary architectural theory. In contrast to the predominant view of today, it demonstrates that architecture has an affirmative, transformative capacity.

This book is an ideal read for those interested in architectural theory and history, analysis of contemporary architecture, and philosophy of architecture.

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À propos de l?auteur

Petra Čeferin is an architect practising architectural theory and philosophy of architecture and is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana, where she teaches architectural theory and history.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0367624400
ISBN 13 
9780367624408
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
152
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780367625139: The Resistant Object of Architecture: A Lacanian Perspective

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ISBN 10 :  036762513X ISBN 13 :  9780367625139
Editeur : Routledge, 2023
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