Architecture Post Mortem

Author : Donald Kunze
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317179072
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture Post Mortem written by Donald Kunze and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture Post Mortem surveys architecture’s encounter with death, decline, and ruination following late capitalism. As the world moves closer to an economic abyss that many perceive to be the death of capital, contraction and crisis are no longer mere phases of normal market fluctuations, but rather the irruption of the unconscious of ideology itself. Post mortem is that historical moment wherein architecture’s symbolic contract with capital is put on stage, naked to all. Architecture is not irrelevant to fiscal and political contagion as is commonly believed; it is the victim and penetrating analytical agent of the current crisis. As the very apparatus for modernity’s guilt and unfulfilled drives-modernity’s debt-architecture is that ideological element that functions as a master signifier of its own destruction, ordering all other signifiers and modes of signification beneath it. It is under these conditions that architecture theory has retreated to an 'Alamo' of history, a final desert outpost where history has been asked to transcend itself. For architecture’s hoped-for utopia always involves an apocalypse. This timely collection of essays reformulates architecture’s relation to modernity via the operational death-drive: architecture is but a passage between life and death. This collection includes essays by Kazi K. Ashraf, David Bertolini, Simone Brott, Peggy Deamer, Didem Ekici, Paul Emmons, Donald Kunze, Todd McGowan, Gevork Hartoonian, Nadir Lahiji, Erika Naginski, and Dennis Maher.

Author : Donald Kunze
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317179080
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Architecture Post Mortem written by Donald Kunze and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture Post Mortem surveys architecture’s encounter with death, decline, and ruination following late capitalism. As the world moves closer to an economic abyss that many perceive to be the death of capital, contraction and crisis are no longer mere phases of normal market fluctuations, but rather the irruption of the unconscious of ideology itself. Post mortem is that historical moment wherein architecture’s symbolic contract with capital is put on stage, naked to all. Architecture is not irrelevant to fiscal and political contagion as is commonly believed; it is the victim and penetrating analytical agent of the current crisis. As the very apparatus for modernity’s guilt and unfulfilled drives-modernity’s debt-architecture is that ideological element that functions as a master signifier of its own destruction, ordering all other signifiers and modes of signification beneath it. It is under these conditions that architecture theory has retreated to an 'Alamo' of history, a final desert outpost where history has been asked to transcend itself. For architecture’s hoped-for utopia always involves an apocalypse. This timely collection of essays reformulates architecture’s relation to modernity via the operational death-drive: architecture is but a passage between life and death. This collection includes essays by Kazi K. Ashraf, David Bertolini, Simone Brott, Peggy Deamer, Didem Ekici, Paul Emmons, Donald Kunze, Todd McGowan, Gevork Hartoonian, Nadir Lahiji, Erika Naginski, and Dennis Maher.

Author : William Scott Wadsworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-Mortem Examinations written by William Scott Wadsworth and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stefan Timmermans
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226804003
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmortem written by Stefan Timmermans and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-11-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As elected coroners came to be replaced by medical examiners with scientific training, the American public became fascinated with their work. From the grisly investigations showcased on highly rated television shows like C.S.I. to the bestselling mysteries that revolve around forensic science, medical examiners have never been so visible—or compelling. They, and they alone, solve the riddle of suspicious death and the existential questions that come with it. Why did someone die? Could it have been prevented? Should someone be held accountable? What are the implications of ruling a death a suicide, a homicide, or an accident? Can medical examiners unmask the perfect crime? Postmortem goes deep inside the world of medical examiners to uncover the intricate web of pathological, social, legal, and moral issues in which they operate. Stefan Timmermans spent years in a medical examiner’s office, following cases, interviewing examiners, and watching autopsies. While he relates fascinating cases here, he is also more broadly interested in the cultural authority and responsibilities that come with being a medical examiner. Although these professionals attempt to remain objective, medical examiners are nonetheless responsible for evaluating subtle human intentions. Consequently, they may end—or start—criminal investigations, issue public health alerts, and even cause financial gain or harm to survivors. How medical examiners speak to the living on behalf of the dead, is Timmermans’s subject, revealed here in the day-to-day lives of the examiners themselves.

Author : Raph Koster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996793742
Total Pages : 702 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Postmortems written by Raph Koster and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary game designer and author of the classic "A Theory of Fun for Game Design," Raph Koster is back with his first volume of selected essays. "Postmortems" collects new material and classic writings to provide a history of the development of virtual worlds, including behind-the-scenes glimpses of Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies, and more.

Author : Mark Wigley
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262731140
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Architecture of Deconstruction written by Mark Wigley and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By locatingthe architecture already hidden within deconstructive discourse, Wigley opens up more radical possibilities for both architectureand deconstruction.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 766 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Architect and Building News written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Albert Frederick Calvert
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spain, an Historical and Descriptive Account of Its Architecture, Landscape and Arts written by Albert Frederick Calvert and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
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Download or read book Transactions of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 586 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Architect written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: