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10,356ratings629reviews. Kindle $14.99. Since its first publication in English in 1964, French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's Poetics of Space remains one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our thoughts ...
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241 (English translation) ISBN. 0-8070-6439-4 (English edition) The Poetics of Space (French: La Poétique de l'Espace) is a 1958 book about architecture by the French philosopher Gaston Bachelard. The book is considered an important work about art. Commentators have compared Bachelard's views to those of the philosopher Martin Heidegger.
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Review. Three or four decades ago a book entitled The Poetics of Space could hardly fail to stir the architectural imagination. First published in French in 1957 and translated into English in 1964, Gaston Bachelard’s philosophical meditation on oneiric space appeared at a moment when phenomenology and the pursuit of symbolic and archetypal ...
The Poetics of Space. Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. The rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy, Bachelard’s seminal work brims with quiet revelations and stirring, mysterious imagery.
The Poetics of Space is some ruminations on phenomenology and quotes from poems concerning the ideas surrounding different spaces. ie, BIG SPACE v. SMALL SPACE, CORNERS, NOTHING, etc -- you know, that sort of thing. Tbh, I didn't really take this book seriously and can't say you should either.
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Bachelard published The Poetics of Space in 1958, only four years before his death. The book explores the human relationship with interior spaces and the emotional architecture of a home. Bachelard’s work is rooted in phenomenology, the study of consciousness and experience. This guide refers to the 2014 version translated by Maria Jolas.
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Dec 30, 2014 · Gaston Bachelard. Penguin Publishing Group, Dec 30, 2014 - Philosophy - 304 pages. A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin Classics Since its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. The rare work of irresistibly inviting ...
