Making Use of Deleuze in Planning - Proposals for a Speculative and Immanent Assessment Method

This book translates and re-creates some of Gilles Deleuze's most abstract philosophical concepts to form a new, practicable planning assessment tool.

List of contents

Introduction Part 1: Assessments, Essentialism and Deleuze 1. A Problem with Assessments 2. Essentialist and Non-essentialist Assessments Part 2: How to Make Deleuze Useful 3. Attempts to Make Deleuze Useful Part 3: A Case Study of BRE Assessments 4. A Research Strategy 5. Methodology for Research Stage A 6. Theoretical Experiments: Research Stage A 7. Methodology for Stage B 8. Empirical Experiments: Research Stage B Part 4: Synthesis, Discussion and Conclusions 9. Synthesis and Discussion 10. Conclusions

About the author

Gareth Abrahams crosses an invisible line between theory and practice. He is a Deleuzian theorist whose publications push the boundaries of Deleuzian scholarship and spatial theory. He is also a practising, chartered architect who has designed and delivered a range of complex buildings across the UK from specialist schools to large office developments and from bespoke new-build schemes to highly sensitive heritage refurbishments.

Summary

This book translates and re-creates some of Gilles Deleuze’s most abstract philosophical concepts to form a new, practicable planning assessment tool.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth Abrahams, Abrahams Gareth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2016
• EAN: 9781472477576
• ISBN: 978-1-4724-7757-6
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: New Directions in Planning Theory; New Directions in Planning Theory; New Directions in Planning The
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, PHILOSOPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Regional Planning, Philosophy, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Social issues & processes, Regional & area planning, Social and ethical issues, Human Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Regional and area planning, City and town planning: architectural aspects