Freud for architects / John Abell.

Main entry:

Abell, John (John H.), author.

Title & Author:

Freud for architects / John Abell.

Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.

Description:

vii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Series:

Thinkers for architects ; 17

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Freud for Architects explains what Freud offers to the understanding of architectural creativity and architectural experience, with case examples from early modern architecture to the present. Freud's observations on the human psyche and its influence on culture and social behaviour have generated a great deal of discussion since the 19th century. Yet, what Freud's key ideas offer to the understanding of architectural creativity and experience has received little direct attention. That is partly because Freud opened the door to a place where conventional research in architecture has little traction, the unconscious. Adding to the difficulties, Freud's collection of work is vast and daunting. Freud for Architects navigates Freud's key ideas and bridges a chasm between architecture and psychoanalytic theory. The book highlights Freud's ideas on the foundational developments of childhood, developments on which the adult psyche is based. It explains why and how the developmental stages could influence adult architectural preferences and preoccupations, spatial intuition, and beliefs about what is proper and right for architectural design. As such Freud for Architects will be of great interest to students, practitioners and scholars in a range of disciplines including architecture, psychoanalysis and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781138390676 hardback
1138390674 hardback
9781138390683 paperback
1138390682 paperback
(ebook)
9780429423253
9780429751448 (ePub ebook)
9780429751455 (PDF ebook)
9780429751431 (Mobipocket ebook)

Subject:

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Architecture Philosophy.

Added entries:

Thinkers for architects ; 17.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309537
Call No.: BIB 254760
Status: Available

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