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The Architecture Of Deconstruction : derrida's haunt
Wigley, Mark.
The Architecture Of Deconstruction : derrida's haunt / Mark Wigley. - London. Mit Press. 1995. - xv, 278 p. ; 22.5 cm.
Includes index
Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecturearchitecture 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.
9780262731140
Architecture
720.1 / WIG
The Architecture Of Deconstruction : derrida's haunt / Mark Wigley. - London. Mit Press. 1995. - xv, 278 p. ; 22.5 cm.
Includes index
Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecturearchitecture 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.
9780262731140
Architecture
720.1 / WIG