The Paradoxes of Planning: A Psycho-Analytical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781138271838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 304 str.

Sara Westin

Opis

Using a philosophical and psychoanalytical approach, this book critically examines expert knowledge within architecture and urban planning. Its point of departure is the 'gap' between visions and realities, intentions and outcomes in planning, with particular focus on projects in Sweden that try to create an 'urban atmosphere'. Finding insights from the work of Sigmund Freud and his followers, the book argues that urban planning during the 20th century is a neurotic activity prone to produce a type of alienation.

Spis treści

Preface; Introduction: the gap; Perspectivism; The eye of the architect - the body of the flaneur; Planning as a neurosis; The impossible profession; Urbanity; The theory of space syntax; Logic - dialectics; Conclusion: planned, all too planned; References; Index.

O autorze

Sara Westin is a Researcher in Human Geography at the Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University, Sweden.