1st Edition
Psychoanalysis and Architecture The Inside and the Outside
By Cosimo Schinaia
Copyright 2014
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
328 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Author’s note , Foreword to the English Edition , Preface to the Italian Edition , Introduction , The origins of a meeting , Fruitful contaminations , The metaphorical architecture of mind , The space , Architecture between past, present, and future , Continuity and discontinuity in psychoanalysis , The haste in the world around us , The uncanny , Psychoanalysis and architecture: the need for an interdisciplinary debate , The house , Therapy places , The analyst's consulting room , Some notes and suggestions on a possible partnership between architects and psychoanalysts , Concluding Remarks , Afterword to the English Edition
Biography
Cosimo Schinaia
