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104Gaston Bachelard and Phenomenology: Outline of a Theory of the ImaginationJournal of Phenomenological Psychology 30 (1): 1-17. 1999.Gaston Bachelard's thought remains a continual source of inspiration for a phenomenological psychology that takes human habitation as a fundamental given and as an abiding mystery of the human condition. the following essay explores the ideas Bachelard developed in the course of his study of poetry. It examines in particular his vision of imagination as a unique passage way by means of which we reach an inhabitable, intersubjective and fully human world. Within that perspective, our lives are co…Read more
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16Brill Online Books and JournalsJournal of Phenomenological Psychology 30 (1): 1-17. 1999.Gaston Bachelard's thought remains a continual source of inspiration for a phenomenological psychology that takes human habitation as a fundamental given and as an abiding mystery of the human condition. the following essay explores the ideas Bachelard developed in the course of his study of poetry. It examines in particular his vision of imagination as a unique passage way by means of which we reach an inhabitable, intersubjective and fully human world. Within that perspective, our lives are co…Read more
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39Toward a Phenomenology of Domesticity: an Anthropological Exploration of the Place of Things in Daily LifeJournal of Phenomenological Psychology 29 (2): 201-211. 1998.The diverse things that surround us in our daily life become virtual extensions of our corporeal life. As such, they provide an important mediating role in our relationship to our social and natural environment. This careful descriptive study of household objects attempts to widen our psychological horizons. It also contributes significantly to our understanding of art and architecture
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