"Philosophy can never be free of architecture", so he argues, finding architectural metaphors pervading philosophy in terms of foundations and edifices. The theoretical basis for such a position is the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy, seeing language as constructing reality. On architecture īenjamin’s writings on architecture – for instance the early essay "Eisenman and the Housing of Tradition" ( Art, Mimesis and the Avant-Garde, 1991) – have started from the premise that architecture is a critical activity not a synonym for building, or as he argued in his book Architectural Philosophy (2000) a virtuality not merely an actuality. Benjamin is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He is recurrent visiting professor at the Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths, University of London. He has also been Visiting Professor of Architectural Theory at Columbia University, New York, US, Visiting Critic at the Architectural Association in London, UK, and Professor of Critical Theory in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University and at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. MA, BA ( The Australian National University)ĭiplome d'Etude Avancee ( University of Paris 7, France)īenjamin’s career began as a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Warwick, UK, where he was later Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Research in Philosophy and Literature at the same university. 4 A selection of writings by Andrew Benjamin.
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