Peter King

Private Dwelling (eBook, ePUB)

Contemplating the Use of Housing

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book considers the personal and subjective use of housing and the ways in which we express our private selves through and within our dwelling places.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134306565
• Artikelnr.: 47884735

Autorenporträt

Peter King is a pioneer in the area of social philosophy and housing. His main research interest has been to differentiate how housing is used at the individual level from the manner it is perceived as a social or collective entity. He is the author of five previous books, which explore various aspects of housing, including A Social Philosophy of Housing (2003). He is a Reader in Housing and Social Philosophy at the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, De Montfort University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Looking Out and Looking In 1. What is Dwelling? 2. Privacy:
When Dwelling Closes In on Itself 3. A Brick Box or a Velvet Case? 4.
Talking about Houses 5. Ripples: Sharing, Learning, Reaching Out 6. Want
it, Have it! 7. Fear and the Comfort of the Mundane 8. Loss Conclusions:
The Stopping Place