Nadir Lahiji (USA University of Pennsylvania)

Kojin Karatani's Philosophy of Architecture

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces Kojin Karataniâ s theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kantâ s critical philosophy founded on â architectonic reasonâ . This is the first book to uncover Kojin Karataniâ s highly significant ideas on architecture for both philosophical and architectural audiences.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 137mm x 216mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 306g
• ISBN-13: 9781032647593
• ISBN-10: 1032647590
• Artikelnr.: 69433343

Autorenporträt

Nadir Lahiji is an architect. He is most recently the author of Architecture in the Age of Pornography (Routledge, 2021), Architecture, Philosophy and the Pedagogy of Cinema (Routledge, 2021), Architecture or Revolution: Emancipatory Critique after Marx (Routledge, 2020), and An Architecture Manifesto: Critical Reason and Theories of a Failed Practice (Routledge, 2019). His previous publications include, among others, Adventures with the Theory of the Baroque and French Philosophy and the coauthored The Architecture of Phantasmagoria: Specters of the City.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: From Sophia to the Will to Architecture 1. Foundationalism,
Reason, and Building Metaphor 2. The Thing-in-Itself: Karatani and the
Kantian Turn 3. Kant on the Tower of Babel and the Architectonic of Pure
Reason 4. Architectonics and Mathematical Foundations 5. Architecture and
Conflict of the Faculties 6. Constructivism: From Parmenides to Kant 7.
Marx and Architectonics 8. The Architect and the Philosopher-King: A
Reading of Paul Valéry