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In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces K¿jin Karatani's theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kant's critical philosophy founded on 'architectonic reason'. This is the first book to uncover K¿jin Karatani's highly significant ideas on architecture for both philosophical and architectural audiences.
List of contents
Introduction: From
Sophia to the
Will to Architecture 1. Foundationalism, Reason, and Building Metaphor 2. The Thing-in-Itself: Karatani and the Kantian Turn 3. Kant on the Tower of Babel and the Architectonic of Pure Reason 4. Architectonics and Mathematical Foundations 5. Architecture and Conflict of the Faculties 6. Constructivism: From Parmenides to Kant 7. Marx and Architectonics 8. The Architect and the Philosopher-King: A Reading of Paul Valéry
About the author
Nadir Lahiji is an architect. He is most recently the author of
Architecture in the Age of Pornography (Routledge, 2021),
Architecture, Philosophy and the Pedagogy of Cinema (Routledge, 2021),
Architecture or Revolution: Emancipatory Critique after Marx (Routledge, 2020), and
An Architecture Manifesto: Critical Reason and Theories of a Failed Practice (Routledge, 2019). His previous publications include, among others,
Adventures with the Theory of the Baroque and French Philosophy and the coauthored
The Architecture of Phantasmagoria: Specters of the City.
Summary
In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces Kojin Karatani’s theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kant’s critical philosophy founded on ‘architectonic reason’. This is the first book to uncover Kojin Karatani’s highly significant ideas on architecture for both philosophical and architectural audiences.
