The Last Fortress of Metaphysics: Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of Architecture

Francesco Vitale

ISBN 10: 1438469365 / ISBN 13: 9781438469362

Published by State University of New York Press, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Last Fortress of Metaphysics: Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of Architecture
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1438469365
• ISBN 13: 9781438469362
• Binding: Paperback / softback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 168 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Mauro Senatore is a British Academy Fellow at Durham University, United Kingdom, and Adjunct Professor of Contemporary French Philosophy at the Instituto de Humanidades, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile. He is the author and editor of several books, including Performatives After Deconstruction.