Main entry:

Coccia, Emanuele, author.

Title & Author:

Philosophy of the home : domestic space and happiness / Emanuele Coccia ; translated from the Italian by Richard Dixon.

Publication:

[London] : Penguin Books, 2024.
©2024

Description:

viii, 191 pages ; 18 cm.

Series:

Penguin classics

Notes:
First published in Italian as Filosofia della casa. Lo spazio domestico e la felicità, 2021.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-189).
Introduction: Home beyond the city -- Moving -- Love -- Bathrooms -- Household articles -- Wardrobes -- Twins -- White powder -- Social media -- Bedrooms and corridors -- Pets -- Forests and gardens -- Kitchens -- Conclusion: The new home or the Philosopher's stone.

Summary:

"A bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural significance. They play a decisive role in human flourishing and, for hundreds of years, their walls and walkways, windows and doorways have guided our relationships with others and with ourselves. They reflect and reinforce social inequalities; they allow us to celebrate and cherish those we love. They are the places of return that allow us to venture out into the world. In this intimate, elegantly argued account, Coccia shows how the architecture of home has shaped, and continues to shape, our psyches and our societies, before then masterfully leading us towards a more creative, ecological way of dwelling in the world"--Amazon.com.

ISBN:

9781802061017 paperback
1802061010 paperback

Subject:

Coccia, Emanuele Homes and haunts.
Home Philosophy.
Home Psychological aspects.
Domestic space Philosophy.
Happiness Philosophy.
Room layout (Dwellings) Philosophy.
Personal space Philosophy.
Foyer Philosophie.
Espace domestique Philosophie.
Bonheur Philosophie.
Habitations Aménagement Philosophie.
Espace personnel Philosophie.
Foyer Aspect psychologique.

Added entries:

Dixon, Richard, translator.
Penguin classics.

Holdings:

Location: Library main
Copy: 1
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