Phenomenology, architecture, and the built world : exercises in philosophical anthropology / by James Dodd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dodd, James, 1968- author.

Series:

Studies in contemporary phenomenology ; v. 1.

Studies in contemporary phenomenology, 1875-2470 ; volume 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Phenomenology.

Architecture--Philosophy.

Architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages) : color illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

Phenomenology, Architecture and the Built World is an introduction to the methods and basic concepts of phenomenological philosophy through an analysis of the phenomenon of the built world. The conception of the built world that emerges is of space and time fashioned in accordance with a living understanding of what it is for human beings to exist in the world. Human building and making is thus no mere supplementary instrument in the pursuit of the ends of life, but a fundamental embodiment of the self-understanding of human beings. Phenomenological description is uniquely capable of bringing into view the physiognomy of this understanding, its texture and complexity, thereby providing an important basis for a critique of what constitutes its essence and its conditions of possibility.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Knowledge and Building

Building and Phenomenon

Phenomenon and World

At the Edge of the World

World and Thing

Thing and Built Space

Built Space and Expression

Expression and Presence

Conclusion: Towards a Phenomenological-Anthropological Vocabulary of the Built World

Bibliography of Works Cited

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-34001-7

OCLC:

970390303

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004340015 DOI