Planning, design and the post-modernity
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Ion Besteliu; Kees Doevendans
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Article
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2002
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Elsevier Science
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English
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This essay draws on the concept of 'weak thought' from the writings of the philosopher Gianni Vattimo, and connects it to a weakening of the certitudes of modern urban design and planning. According to Vattimo, modernity does not abruptly end; rather its grounding tenets such as universalised 'reaso