Description
In this book, Nadir Lahiji introduces Kﾅ綱in Karatani窶冱 theoretical-philosophical project and demonstrates its affinity with Kant窶冱 critical philosophy founded on 窶和rchitectonic reason窶�. From the ancient Greeks we have inherited a definition of the word 窶湾hilosophy窶� as Sophia窶背isdom. But in his book Architecture as Metaphor Kﾅ綱in Karatani introduces a different definition of philosophy. Here, Karatani critically defines philosophy not in association with Sophia but in relation to foundation as the Will to Architecture. In this novel definition resides the notion that in Western thought a crisis persistently reveals itself with every attempt to build a system of knowledge on solid ground. This book reveals the implications of this extraordinary exposition. This is the first book to uncover Kﾅ綱in Karatani窶冱 highly significant ideas on architecture for both philosophical and architectural audiences.
Table 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
