Author : Robert Mugerauer
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791419441
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (194 download)
Book Synopsis Interpretations on Behalf of Place by : Robert Mugerauer
Download or read book Interpretations on Behalf of Place written by Robert Mugerauer and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1994-07-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Mugerauer emphasizes the interplay between European continental philosophy and North American environments and architecture. Drawing on a keen understanding of conceptual trends in both scholarship and the design professions, he clarifies various competing philosophical visions and their considerably different perspectives on environment, place, and architecture. The book covers Derridas deconstruction, Foucaults genealogy, Heideggers originary thinking, and Eliades hermeneutics in order to interpret cultural displacements and the possible recovery of place, especially through interpretation of dwelling, sense of place, landscapes, architecture, planning, urban design, and technology. Mugerauer identifies a series of design principles that might facilitate mutual understanding.