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

__Examines the relationship of Derrida’s writings on architecture to his methodology of deconstruction and to deconstrutivism in architecture.__ Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Each time unique. The encounter with architecture Always already at work. The deconstruction of architecture Which architecture? The architecture of deconstruction Chapter One: The Law of the Oikos: Jacques Derrida and the Deconstruction of the Dwelling Politics of Khōra The phantasm of the origin Chapter Two: The House in Deconstruction: Notes on Derrida and the Law of the Oikos The fortress in deconstruction Chapter Three: Jacques Derrida and the Politics of Architecture Housing politics Architecture to come Chapter Four: Mythographies: Toward an Architectural Writing From architecture to writing From writing to arche-writing Détour. From arche-writing to mythography From mythography to architecture Chapter Five: Writing Space: Between Tschumi and Derrida From mythography to architecture (A/R) Architectural writing. Between Derrida and Tschumi Beyond architecture Chapter Six: Divergent Traces: Peter Eisenman as an Interpreter of Deconstruction Chapter Seven: Spacing: The Architecture of Deconstruction Notes Bibliography Name Index "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 deconstrutivism"--Publisher's description 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.