Philosophy of the Home

Domestic Space and Happiness

Emanuele Coccia (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2024
Penguin (Verlag)
978-1-80206-101-7 (ISBN)

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A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural significance. They play a decisive role in human flourishing and, for hundreds of years, their walls and walkways, windows and doorways have guided our relationships with others and with ourselves. They reflect and reinforce social inequalities; they allow us to celebrate and cherish those we love. They are the places of return that allow us to venture out into the world.

In this intimate, elegantly argued account, Coccia shows how the architecture of home has shaped, and continues to shape, our psyches and our societies, before then masterfully leading us towards a more creative, ecological way of dwelling in the world.

Emanuele Coccia is a philosopher teaching at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has lectured and taught courses at several universities, including Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Amsterdam, Harvard and Columbia, and collaborated on many art exhibitions in France and Italy. He is the author of numerous books translated into several languages, including The Life of Plants (2018). He is a columnist for Libération and collaborates with Le Monde and La Repubblica. He is currently writing a book on the relationship between fashion and philosophy with Gucci's creative director Alessandro Michele.

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2024
Übersetzer	Richard Dixon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	110 x 180 mm
Gewicht	147 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	1-80206-101-0 / 1802061010
ISBN-13	978-1-80206-101-7 / 9781802061017
Zustand	Neuware