5: Transference in Architecture, Culture and Society with Dominick LaCapra
Cornell University\u2019s\xa0Professor Emeritus of Intellectual\xa0History, Dominick LaCapra\xa0discusses the\xa0constitutive role\xa0of transference in our relationship to history, historiography, animals and\xa0architecture.\xa0We discuss transference\u2019s relationship with empathy and connecting with Others, and when it \u2018crosses the line\u2019 and becomes pathological. Topics include the architecture of Auschwitz, the skyscraper versus adobe, and the possibility of a non-anthropocentric ecological future.