
Interpretations on Behalf of Place
Environmental Displacements and Alternative Responses
Robert Mugerauer(Author)
State University of New York Press
Published on 1. July 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
254 pages
978-0-7914-1944-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 Derrida's deconstruction, Foucault's genealogy, Heidegger's originary thinking, and Eliade's 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.
Mugerauer identifies a series of design principles that might facilitate mutual understanding.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Albany, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
24 Illustrations, black and white; 1 Maps; 10 Figures
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7914-1944-1 (9780791419441)
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Person
Robert Mugerauer is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, the Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning, and the Departments of Geography and Philosophy at The University of Texas-Austin and is the Director of Tri logics, an environmental and employment consulting firm. He is co-editor (with David Seamon) of Dwelling, Place, and Environment: Towards a Phenomenology of Place and World and he is author of Heidegger's Language and Thinking.
Content
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Part I. Theoretical Possibilities
1. The Dance of Disassembling and Gathering
2. Foucault: Exposing the Localizations of Bio-Technio-Power
3. Derrida: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
4. Eliade: Restoring the Possibilities of Place
5. Heiddegger: Retrieving the Still-Coming Source
Part II. Practical Directions
6. Using Heidegger: A Critique and Shift toward Praxis
7. Taking Responsibility for the Technological Landscape
8. Fitting Placement
9. Homelessness and the Human Condition
10. A Homecoming: Design on Behalf of Place
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Part I. Theoretical Possibilities
1. The Dance of Disassembling and Gathering
2. Foucault: Exposing the Localizations of Bio-Technio-Power
3. Derrida: Deconstruction and Reconstruction
4. Eliade: Restoring the Possibilities of Place
5. Heiddegger: Retrieving the Still-Coming Source
Part II. Practical Directions
6. Using Heidegger: A Critique and Shift toward Praxis
7. Taking Responsibility for the Technological Landscape
8. Fitting Placement
9. Homelessness and the Human Condition
10. A Homecoming: Design on Behalf of Place
Notes
Index