Is there an object oriented architecture? : engaging Graham Harman / edited by Joseph Bedford

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Bedford, Joseph [HerausgeberIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Architecture Exchange: Engagements with Contemporary Theory and PhilosophyPublisher: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020Distributor: [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: 1 Online-Ressource (224 pages) : illustrationsISBN:

1350133450
9781350133488
9781350133464
9781350133457

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Additional physical formats: 1 | Erscheint auch als: 1 Druck-AusgabeDDC classification:

720.1

LOC classification:

NA2500

DOI: DOI: 10.5040/9781350133488Online resources:

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Additional physical formats: Also published in print.Summary: "Bringing Graham Harman's philosophy into direct confrontation with contemporary architectural theory in new and creative ways, Is There an Object-Oriented Architecture? provides a dialogue between Harman and six of the world's leading architectural thinkers, Adam Sharr, Lorens Holm, Jonathan Hale, Peg Rawes, Patrick Lynch and Peter Carl. Harman's object-oriented philosophy is one that sees the universe as a carnival of equal "objects" with no hierarchy between humans and nonhumans. In his model, unicorns, triangles, bicycles, neutrons, and humans are all things with enduring essences that outlast their partial transformations. It is a strikingly democratic vision of the universe that knocks humans off their ontological pedestal as arbiters of what is real. It also radically challenges the very precepts of architectural theory, the structure of which remains stubbornly human-centric as it seeks to give form to the human being's place at the centre of the cosmos. In this new book, each thinker develops the implications of Harman's philosophy for the future of architecture by entering into a direct exchange with the philosopher and his thinking, both questioning him and questioning with him."--Summary: Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Joseph Bedford (Virginia Tech), Object-Oriented Architecture -- Chapter 1: Graham Harman (SCi-art, USA and the European Graduate School, Switzerland), What is Object-Oriented Architecture? -- Chapter 2: Adam Sharr (Newcastle University, UK): The Circus, the Canon and a House with One Wall -- Chapter 3: Lorens Holm (Dundee University, UK), Architecture and its Objects -- Chapter 4: Peter Carl (London Metropolitan University, UK), Practical Wisdom, Morals and Ethics -- Chapter 5: Patrick Lynch (Lynch Architects), The Resistance of Things -- Chapter 6: Peg Rawes (University College London, UK), Nonhuman Architectural Ecologies -- Chapter 7: Jonathan Hale (Nottingham University, UK), Coping Without Noticing -- Bibliography -- Index.PPN: PPN: 1694744698Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-162-BCC | ZDB-162-PHY

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