Category Archives: Thesis Essays

Emancipatory Horizons: The Possibility of a Revolutionary Architectural Practice (Introduction + Conclusions + Full PDF Thesis)

Posted on August 23, 2013 by patriciodestefani

Note: Finally I’ve decided to officially publish online my work. It has been 6 months since I completed the writing and submitted the final draft, and 3 months since I submitted the final version. After almost 2 years living in Liverpool … Continue reading →

Posted in Thesis Essays | Tagged Architecture, Capitalism, contemporary architectural theory, critical social theory, dialectical method, dialectics, Emancipation, Historical Materialism, Ideology, Lefebvre, Marx, Marxism, Modernism, Phenomenology, political economy, production, pure architectural theory, research fields, research structure, social practice, The Political, theoretical framework | Leave a comment

The Architecture of Acts [1] and the Abstraction of Labour

Posted on June 29, 2012 by patriciodestefani

Note: This is the third and last chapter of Part 1 (The Architecture of Capital), after this I will move into the political economy of architecture and the analysis of the case studies. By Patricio De Stefani Labour and Object … Continue reading →

Posted in Thesis Essays | Tagged abstract labour, abstraction, architectural object, Architecture, commodities, Commodity Fetishism, concrete abstraction, concrete labour, exchange, Functionalism, human acts, labour, labour process, Marx, Phenomenology, production, pure architectural theory, real abstraction, socially necessary labour-time, the object, use-value, useful labour, value | 7 Comments

The Artificial Order

Posted on May 8, 2012 by patriciodestefani

By Patricio De Stefani Things and Objects We have asserted that there is no clear-cut distinction between man and nature, and yet there is no harmonious unity either, for what always remains is an inherent contradiction derived from their structural … Continue reading →

Posted in Thesis Essays | Tagged abstract labour, architectural object, artificial order, Capitalism, commodities, exchange-value, Heidegger, juan borchers, labour, labour process, Marx, natural order, nature, Phenomenology, political economy, present-at-hand, production, pure architectural theory, ready-to-hand, sensory cycle, socially necessary labour-time, the object, the thing, Uexküll, umwelt, use-value, value | 1 Comment

The Relations to Nature

Posted on April 2, 2012 by patriciodestefani

Note: this is the finished first chapter of the thesis. Soon I will be posting about some minor changes in the research structure. By Patricio De Stefani The Natural Order and the Passive Body We often think of nature as … Continue reading →

Posted in Thesis Essays | Tagged active body, architectonic space, external nature, housing process, human body, human nature, labour, labour process, Lefebvre, Marx, metabolism, nature, passive body, Van der Laan | 3 Comments

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