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Architecture and the Mimetic Self - A Psychoanalytic Study of How Buildings Make and Break Our Lives (Hardcover)
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Architecture and the Mimetic Self - A Psychoanalytic Study of How Buildings Make and Break Our Lives (Hardcover)
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Buildings shape our identity and sense of self in profound ways
that are not always evident to architects and town planners, or
even to those who think they are intimately familiar with the
buildings they inhabit. Architecture and the Mimetic Self provides
a useful theoretical guide to our unconscious behaviour in relation
to buildings, and explains both how and why we are drawn to
specific elements and features of architectural design. It reveals
how even the most uninspiring of buildings can be modified to meet
our unconscious expectations and requirements of them-and, by the
same token, it explores the repercussions for our wellbeing when
buildings fail to do so. Criteria for effective architectural
design have for a long time been grounded in utilitarian and
aesthetic principles of function, efficiency, cost, and visual
impact. Although these are important considerations, they often
fail to meet the fundamental needs of those who inhabit and use
buildings. Misconceptions are rife, not least because our responses
to architecture are often difficult to measure, and are in large
part unconscious. By bridging psychoanalytic thought and
architectural theory, Architecture and the Mimetic Self frees the
former from its preoccupations with interpersonal human relations
to address the vital relationships that we establish with our
nonhuman environments. In addition to providing a guide to the
unconscious behaviours that are most relevant for evaluating
architectural design, this book explains how our relationships with
the built environment inform a more expansive and useful
psychoanalytic theory of human relationship and identity. It will
appeal to psychoanalysts and analytical psychologists, architects,
and all who are interested in the overlaps of psychology,
architecture, and the built environment.
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