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

by Francesco Vitale

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438469365
• ISBN13: 9781438469362
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"