Psychoanalysis and Architecture: The Inside and the Outside

Author:   Cosimo Schinaia ,  Giuseppe Lo Dico
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780367103941


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Format:   Hardback
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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 that dwelling exists in a complex context comprised of both biological need and symbolic function. Psychoanalysis and architecture can work together in both thinking about and designing not only our homes but also the analyst's consulting rooms and, more generally, our therapy places. However, this is possible only if they renounce the current limited and restrictive model of this interaction, and propose one more that is more in harmony with the questions and situations that clients themselves pose.

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Author:   Cosimo Schinaia ,  Giuseppe Lo Dico
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.766kg
ISBN:  

9780367103941


ISBN 10:   036710394
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   05 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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

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Metaphors of restoration or of moving house are often present during analysis to convey the idea of profound changes in the patient's emotional life. In this fine book, the author goes further, finding in 'creativity' the common denominator of psychoanalysis and architecture. These two 'sciences' continually cross over into art. The office of a psychoanalyst and the office of an architect are constantly called upon to become ateliers of transformations and inventive dwellings in the internal and external world. This book opens a door to new adventures of the mind. Definitely not to be missed. --Antonino Ferro, author of The Analytic Field and its Transformations


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