Gardens and the passion for the infinite / edited by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa.
• World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning.

Series:

• Analecta Husserliana ; v. 78.
• Analecta Husserliana ; v. 78

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Aesthetics--Congresses.
• Aesthetics.
• Phenomenology--Congresses.
• Phenomenology.
• Gardens--Congresses.
• Gardens.

Genre:

• Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

vii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

What essentially is a garden? Is it a small plot of land that we put aside to cultivate our favourite vegetables or to grow flowers for our personal enjoyment? Or is it a symbol, a mirror, a reflection of our human passions? Within the context of phenomenology/ontopoiesis-of-life, we find the significance of the garden inscribed within the web of the Human Condition, creatively unfurling its form from the vital basis to its loftiest swings of the period. The aesthetic synthesis of our passions is carried by the logoic promise of life - its infinite renewal and infinite response. The topic of the present volume is the mysterious ways in which Imaginatio Creatix plays within the human ingrowness in natural life, transposing dreams, nostalgias, and enchantments.

Notes:

• "Published under the auspices of the World Institute for Advanced Phenomenological Research and Learning, A.-T. Tymieniecka, president."
• " ... studies presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of our International Society for Phenomenology, Fine Arts, and Aesthetics which took place at the Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 12-14, 2000"--P. vii.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1402008589

OCLC:

50417362