02583oam 2200601I 450 991078605390332120231130200603.01-134-30656-30-203-42140-X97866100597370-203-69297-71-280-05973-71-134-30657-110.4324/9780203421406(CKB)2670000000326195(EBL)200701(OCoLC)437061554(MiAaPQ)EBC200701(Au-PeEL)EBL200701(CaPaEBR)ebr10094247(CaONFJC)MIL5973(OCoLC)56909329(EXLCZ)99267000000032619520180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Private dwelling contemplating the use of housing /Peter KingLondon ;New York :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (209 p.)Housing, planning, and design seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-33621-X 0-415-33620-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-192) and index.What is dwelling? -- Privacy : when dwelling closes in on itself -- A brick box or a velvet case? -- Talking about houses -- Ripples : sharing, learning, reaching out -- Want it, have it! -- Fear and the comfort of the mundane -- Loss.Housing is something that is deeply personal to us. It offers us privacy and security and allows us to be intimate with those we are close to. This book considers the nature of privacy but also how we choose to share our dwelling. The book discusses the manner in which we talk about our housing, how it manifests and assuages our anxieties and desires and how it helps us come to terms with loss.Private Dwelling offers a deeply original take on housing. The book proceeds through a series of speculations, using philosophical analysis and critique, personal anecdote, film critiHousing, planning, and design series.HousingHousingPsychological aspectsFunctionalism (Social sciences)Housing.HousingPsychological aspects.Functionalism (Social sciences)363.571.83bclKing Peter1960-2023,1439472MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786053903321Private dwelling3706562UNINA