Planning in Ten Words or Less

A Lacanian Entanglement with Spatial Planning

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Regional Planning
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Author: Michael Gunder, Jean Hillier ISBN: 9781351910811
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Michael Gunder, Jean Hillier
ISBN: 9781351910811
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 5, 2016
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist perspective to demythologize ten of the most heavily utilised terms in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk, growth, globalization, multi-culturalism, sustainability, responsibility and 'planning' itself. It highlights that these terms, and others, are mere 'empty signifiers', meaning everything and nothing. Based on international examples of planning practice and process, Planning in Ten Words or Less suggests that spatial and urban planning is largely based on the construction and deployment of ideological knowledge claims.

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This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist perspective to demythologize ten of the most heavily utilised terms in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk, growth, globalization, multi-culturalism, sustainability, responsibility and 'planning' itself. It highlights that these terms, and others, are mere 'empty signifiers', meaning everything and nothing. Based on international examples of planning practice and process, Planning in Ten Words or Less suggests that spatial and urban planning is largely based on the construction and deployment of ideological knowledge claims.

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