1st Edition
Making Use of Deleuze in Planning Proposals for a speculative and immanent assessment method
By Gareth Abrahams
Copyright 2017
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
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Making Use of Deleuze in Planning translates and re-creates some of Gilles Deleuze’s most abstract philosophical concepts to form a new, practicable planning assessment tool. It shows what his philosophy can do for planning theory as well as planning assessment practice and, in doing so, sets out a pragmatic approach to Deleuzian studies: one that helps form bridges between ontological problems... Read more
Introduction Part 1: Assessments, Essentialism and Deleuze 1. A Problem with Assessments 2. Essentialist and Non-essentialist Assessments Part 2: How to Make Deleuze Useful 3. Attempts to Make Deleuze Useful Part 3: A Case Study of BRE Assessments 4. A Research Strategy 5. Methodology for Research Stage A 6. Theoretical Experiments: Research Stage A 7. Methodology for Stage B 8. Empirical Experiments: Research Stage B Part 4: Synthesis, Discussion and Conclusions 9. Synthesis and Discussion 10. Conclusions
Biography
Gareth Abrahams crosses an invisible line between theory and practice. He is a Deleuzian theorist whose publications push the boundaries of Deleuzian scholarship and spatial theory. He is also a practising, chartered architect who has designed and delivered a range of complex buildings across the UK from specialist schools to large office developments and from bespoke new-build schemes to highly sensitive heritage refurbishments.
