Fantasy in Planning Organisations and their Agency: The Promise of Being at Home in the World

Urban Policy and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-15

  Gunder, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

delusion; desire; jouissance; Lacan; Mega project

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896731940     PISSN: 08111146     EISSN: 14767244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2013.835261     Document Type: Article

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