Huskinson, Lucy
Architecture and the Mimetic Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of How Buildings Make and Break Our Lives
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415693042
- author:
- Huskinson, Lucy
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2018
- Pages:
- 254
- Dimensions:
- 23.3 x 15.6 x 1.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Mental Health,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Architecture and the Mimetic Self: A Psychoanalytic Study of how Buildings Make and Break Our Lives by Lucy Huskinson. Buildings have a profound impact on our sense of self, shaping our identity in ways that are not always immediately apparent. This book provides a unique theoretical guide to understanding our unconscious relationships with buildings, exploring why we are drawn to specific architectural elements and features. It reveals how even the most ordinary buildings can be transformed to meet our unconscious needs, as well as the consequences for our wellbeing when they fail to do so. By bridging psychoanalytic thought and architectural theory, this book offers a fresh perspective on the vital relationships we establish with our nonhuman environments. It provides a valuable framework for evaluating architectural design and sheds new light on how our experiences of buildings inform a broader psychoanalytic understanding of human relationship and identity.
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