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Full text of the poetics of space internet archive. Language serves and delights bachelard even as it serves. Bachelard 16102012 47 the ethical image in a topological perspective. Hermeneutics of place and space, springer, 2017, version accepted for publication. A prism through which all worlds from literary creation to housework to aesthetics to carpentry take on enhancedand enchantedsignificances.
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To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break. He had written more than a dozen books on the philosophy of science and physics when, quite without warning, he suddenly published a book called the psychoanalysis of fire. Out of the house spin worlds within worlds, the personal cosmoses bachelard describes perhaps more acutely than any other writer concerned with space. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our. First published in french in 1957 and translated into english in 1964, gaston bachelards philosophical meditation on oneiric space appeared at a moment. Essays and criticism on gaston bachelard critical essays. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle obstacle epistemologique and epistemological break rupture epistemologique.
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First published in french in 1957 and translated into english in 1964, gaston bachelards philosophical meditation on oneiric space appeared at a moment when phenomenology and the pursuit of symbolic and archetypal meanings in architecture seemed to open fertile ground. The rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy, bachelards seminal work brims with quiet revelations and stirring, mysterious imagery. Get an adfree experience with special benefits, and directly support reddit. Oct 15, 2015 the son two of shoemakers, gaston bachelard had an illustrious academic career at the sorbonne, eventually gaining the legion dhonneur and the grand prix national des lettres.
Gaston bachelard 11841962 was a french philosopher who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the french academy. Yet, that is precisely the case with gaston bachelards the poetics of space. Mar 24, 2015 the poetics of space by gaston bachelard translated from french by maria jolas chapter two section i a homemade audiobook by arookiereader. Im in wales at the moment doing fieldwork three interviews today, several hours on rural buses, and i sit in a corner room staring out over a line of cottages to continue reading gaston bachelard. Thirty years since its first publication in english, french philosopher gaston bachelard s the poetics of space one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. French by maria jolas, with a new foreword by john r. Danielewski introduction by richard kearney translated by maria jolas. The edition i read was translated by maria jolas and originally published in the us. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. In this, his last significant work, an admired french philosopher provides extraordinary meditations on the relations between the imagining consciousness and the world. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. The philosopher explores the space people inhabit as a means of analyzing the human soul. Commentators have compared bachelards views to those of the philosopher.
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