The psychoanalysis and architecture : the inside and the outside / Cosimo Schinaia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schinaia, Cosimo, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis--Philosophy.

Psychoanalysis.

Architecture--Psychological aspects.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2016.

Summary:

This book explores how psychoanalysis and architecture can enhance and increase the chances of mental 'containment', while also fostering exchange between inside and outside. The way in which psychoanalysts take care of mental suffering, and the way in which architects and city planners assess the environment, are grounded in a shared concern with the notion of 'dwelling'. It is a matter of fact that dwelling exists in a complex context comprised of both biological need and symbolic function. Psychoanalysis and architecture can work together in both thinking about and designing not only our homes but also the analysts' consulting rooms and, more generally, our therapy places. However, this can occur only if they are able to give up the current restricted model of their interaction and thus propose a more harmonic way to deal with the questions asked by their clients. Creating sustainable and integrative relationships with the buildings within which we live everyday - whether they are our houses, public buildings (such as schools and prisons), or therapeutic spaces (hospitals, clinics, and consulting rooms) - can be a measure both of the degree of the advancement of a society and of the quality of its institutions. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The origins of a meeting 1

Chapter 2 Fruitful contaminations 17

Chapter 3 The metaphorical architecture of mind 31

Chapter 4 The space 41

Chapter 5 Architecture between past, present, and future 53

Chapter 6 Continuity and discontinuity in psychoanalysis 81

Chapter 7 The haste in the world around us 101

Chapter 8 The uncanny 111

Chapter 9 Psychoanalysis and architecture: the need for an interdisciplinary debate 125

Chapter 10 The house 139

Chapter 11 Therapy places 157

Chapter 12 The analyst's consulting room 177

Chapter 13 Some notes and suggestions on a possible partnership between architects and psychoanalysts 207.

ISBN:

1782204113

9781782204114

1781816395

9781781816394

1782415076

9781782415077

OCLC:

951212821