The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida's Haunt

The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida's Haunt

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Book Description
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.

By locating the architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, Wigley opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction. He tracks the tacit argument about architecture embedded within Jacques Derrida's discourse, a curious line of argument that passes through each of the philosopher's texts, provocatively turning Derrida's reading strategy back on his texts to expose the architectural dimension of their central notions like law, economy, writing, place, domestication, translation, spacing, laughter, and dance.

About the Author
Mark Wigley is Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.

The Architecture of Deconstruction: Derrida's Haunt,Mark Wigley,The MIT Press,0262731142,Architecture,Criticism,Derrida, Jacques,General,Philosophy Of Architecture,Planning,Architecture / General

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