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Straddling the Post-Structuralist Abyss: Between Transcendence and Immanence?

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Author(s): Hillier J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Planning Theory

Year: 2005

Volume: 4

Issue: 3

Pages: 271-299

ISSN (print): 1473-0952

ISSN (electronic): 1741-3052

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473095205058497

DOI: 10.1177/1473095205058497

Notes: In 1989 Beauregard wrote that practitioners straddled a chasm between modernity/postmodernity. I argue that the abyss is now poststructuralist, between transcendence & immanence. The paper stems from my unease over a seeming lack-of-fit in current theory & practice. I seek the causes of my unease by examining: a)recent changes to the English planning system & tensions between local practice & central rhetoric, b)recent developments in planning theory & tensions between theory based in Habermas or Lacan & the more fluid relational view of authors such as Healey. Tensions may be from fundamental differences between transcendental & immanent frames: practice & theory seek immanence, yet are caught in remnants of transcendence. I explore the potential of Deleuze's concept of 'becoming' as creative experimentation. I conclude that planning may involve a transcendental structure immanent in its practical local expressions; & that theorising could benefit from 'becoming-planning'.

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