1.0Spacing Nationalhttps://spacing.ca/nationalSean Ruthenhttps://spacing.ca/national/author/seanruthen/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="yBOezU1frw"><a href="https://spacing.ca/national/2014/12/02/book-review-derrida-architects/">Book Review: Derrida for Architects</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/national/2014/12/02/book-review-derrida-architects/embed/#?secret=yBOezU1frw" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review: Derrida for Architects” — Spacing National" data-secret="yBOezU1frw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/national/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/Derrida-for-Architects_600.jpg600500Even the most prosaic oppositions of architecture can be cast in terms that indicate something is really at stake. This is Derrida for architects. There is always something at issue, and the stakes are high. One of Derrida’s terms for the problematic conditions is the aporia, a word in Ancient Greek relating to perplexity. TheContinue reading