{"product_id":"the-resistant-object-of-architecture-by-petra-ceferin-9780367625139","title":"The Resistant Object of Architecture","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArchitecture's role is becoming increasingly limited to serving the all-pervasive system of globalised capitalism and becoming a constituent, complicit part of its mechanism. \u003cem\u003eThe Resistant Object of Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e addresses this problem, and does so in a way that represents a marked departure from predominant responses which, as the book shows, do not address the core issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book addresses this problem by focusing on the question \"what is architecture?,\" and responds to this question by developing the immanent structural logic of architecture that enables it to work not only as an instrumental thinking practice, but as a practice of creative thinking. This means that it alone determines its issues, problems, and priorities, and precisely because of that, it has the capacity and cogency to destabilise, indeed pierce holes in the system in which it operates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Resistant Object of Architecture\u003c\/em\u003e draws on various theoretical sources, from the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan and the philosophy of Alain Badiou, to contemporary architectural theory. In contrast to the predominant view of today, it demonstrates that architecture has an affirmative, transformative capacity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is an ideal read for those interested in architectural theory and history, analysis of contemporary architecture, and philosophy of architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608153506028,"sku":"9780367625139","price":93.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367625139-the-resistant-object-of-architecture.jpg?v=1778186084","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-resistant-object-of-architecture-by-petra-ceferin-9780367625139","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}