Interpreting Environments: Tradition, Deconstruction, Hermeneutics

Abstract

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Traditional Approaches: Wittgenstein's and Jung's Lives, Work, and Houses Facing Uncertain Meanings and Traditions Wittgenstein's Restlessness Jung's Quest for Wholeness Alternatives for Contemporary Existence 2. Deconstruction: Pyramid as Posture and Strategy Deconstructing Pyramids Egyptian Pyramids French Neoclassic Pyramids Postmodern Pyramids 3. Hermeneutic Retrieval: American Nature as Paradise America Religiously Understood A Natural Paradise Already Given Paradise Promised: Wilderness to Be Converted Secular Echoes in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Attitudes The Hidden and Disclosure Postscript Notes Bibliography Index