Interpretations on Behalf of Place

<p>In this book Mugerauer emphasizes the interplay between European continental philosophy and North American environments and architecture. Drawing on a keen understanding of conceptual trends in both scholarship and the design professions he clarifies various competing philosophical visions and their considerably different perspectives on environment place and architecture. The book covers Derrida's deconstruction Foucault's genealogy Heidegger's originary thinking and Eliade's hermeneutics in order to interpret cultural displacements and the possible recovery of place especially through interpretation of dwelling sense of place landscapes architecture planning urban design and technology.</p><p>Mugerauer identifies a series of design principles that might facilitate mutual understanding.</p>