Applying lacanian insight and a dash of derridean deconstruction to planning's 'dark side'

Planning Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-112

  Allmendinger, Phil ^a,b   Gunder, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dark side; Enjoyment; Fantasy; Lacan; Repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144555001     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095205051444     Document Type: Article

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