Missing link between science and art h ashizume keiko tokyo university, tokyo introduction gaston bachelard 18841962 is famous as a philosopher who strove to understand the nature of art and science equally, and made original remarks in both fields. Gaston bachelard broadly thought everything needed to be called into question, from the four elements earth, air fire and water to sensations, common sense and etymology. Gaston bachelard was a french philosopher who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the french academy. In order to understand the house we must go beyond mere description and. Rare, too, is the text so universal that luminaries across an array of fields lay claim to it. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page.
His most important work is on poetics and on the philosophy of science. He held degrees in physics, mathematics, and philosophy and taught at dijon 193040 and the univ. By the end it does not seem that bachelard is any easier to pin down, but there are quite a. Since its first publication in english in 1964, french philosopher gaston bachelards poetics of space remains one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home. Oct 15, 2015 discover book depositorys huge selection of gaston bachelard books online. In 1961, bachelard was interviewed, aged almost 80, at home in his tiny claustrophobic study in paris. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle obstacle epistemologique and epistemological break rupture epistemologique. Discover book depositorys huge selection of gaston bachelard books online.
Instead the reader will see with the soul of the eye, the glint of gaston bachelard. In the extract included here bachelard pursues this question in the context of the. Arguably the central figure in twentiethcentury french epistemology, gaston bachelard pursued a rich career composed of inquiries into poetics as well as philosophy of science. Gaston bachelard 18841962 cahiers pour lanalyse an. His philosophical reflections succeeded in creating an utterly unique transcendental geometry of space. How to pronounce gaston bachelard pronounceitright. I bought my copy of gaston bachelards the poetics of space at the architectural associations triangle bookshop, at a time when inner london telephone codes still began with 071 and while i was the architectural correspondent of the sunday newspaper the observer. Gaston bachelard, jeden z nejvyznamnejsich francouzskych filozofu 20. Epistemologist distinguished, he is the author of a vast sum of thoughts related to knowledge and research. Three or four decades ago a book entitled the poetics of space could hardly fail to stir the architectural imagination. That copy has been on the bookshelf above my desk ever since, kept for a lull and quieter times. One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language. The poetics of space gaston bachelard, maria jolas, john r. Considering his phenomenology and the epistemological arguments he made in greater detail would be helpful for englishspeaking readers who do not know french and perhaps are not current on the difference between an empirical approach to.
This page was last edited on 30 august 2019, at 10. Bachelard, gaston article about bachelard, gaston by the. First published in french in 1957 and translated into english in 1964, gaston bachelards. Pdf fenomenologicka redukce jako naivni vedomi snivce. Studies bachelardiennes is a scientific journal with reading committee and open access that promotes interdisciplinary research and debate on the philosophy and legacy of gaston bachelard. Gaston bachelard june 27, 1884 october 16, 1962 was a french philosopher. First published in french in 1957 and translated into english in 1964, gaston bachelards philosophical meditation on oneiric space appeared at a moment when phenomenology and the pursuit of symbolic and archetypal meanings in architecture seemed to open fertile ground. A philosophy of the surreal is a fascinating book, a pleasure to read, and a work that will provoke thought and, quite likely, disagreement. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Gaston bachelard s lifelong fecund and original investigations into the realm of the imaginary and the stuff of dreams reached a triumphal apogee in 1957 with the publication of a volume on the. Gaston bachelard, born on 27 june 1884 in barsuraube, in the french region of champagneardenne. The article aims to introduce an interpretation of gaston bachelards. On poetic imagination and reverie bachelard, gaston on.
Gaston bachelards lifelong fecund and original investigations into the realm of the imaginary and the stuff of dreams reached a triumphal apogee in 1957 with the publication of a volume on the. Language serves and delights bachelard even as it serves. Poetika prostora te henri lefebvre proizvodnja prostora, kako bi ukazala na. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Gaston bachelard gaston bachelard poems poem hunter. Jakozto obyvatel sveta obraznosti clovek zaroven ziskava. Bachelard takes us on a journey, from cellar to attic, to show how our perceptions of houses and other shelters shape our. Philosopher gaston bachelard on dreams, love, solitude, and happiness there are still souls for whom love is the contact of two poetries, the fusion of two reveries.
Gaston bachelard june 27, 1884 october 16, 1962 was a french philosopher who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the french academy. Kdybych mel shrnout preryva zkoumani v tom smyslu, ze tematem ktera ji posleze vyjadruje. A prism through which all worlds from literary creation to housework to aesthetics to carpentry take on enhancedand enchantedsignificances. Studies studies aims to create an international forum for researchers interested in the thought of bachelard and contemporary intersections between science. I will get a username soonthis article seems to be a little more than a stub at the moment although it is a good start. Pdf bachelardovy poetiky a fenomenologie tvorive obraznosti. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. Full text of psychoanalysis of fire internet archive. Every reader of it will never see ordinary spaces in ordinary ways. Yet, that is precisely the case with gaston bachelards the poetics of space. Gaston bachelard 18841962 was a french philosopher. Bachelard, gaston 18841962 gaston bachelard, a french philosopher, was born on june 27, 1884, in barsuraube and died in paris on october 16, 1962. But any doctrine of the imaginary is necessarily a philosophy of excess.
Out of the house spin worlds within worlds, the personal cosmoses bachelard describes perhaps more acutely than any other writer concerned with space. Oct 17, 2017 gaston bachelard in his study in 1961. Each line of his work looks like a potential citation, as well as an open door to knowledge. Gaston bachelard was a nonconformist, selftaught thinker, who revolutionized the philosophy of science when he lived in paris and taught at the sorbonne. The classic book on how we experience intimate spaces. The primacy of formal determination in bachelards example dovetailed with that found in structuralism more generally, which, when coupled with bachelards investments in decoupling science from the immediacy of something akin ideology, accounts for his crucial influence on the cahiers pour lanalyse. Other articles where gaston bachelard is discussed. However little, attention has been given to his theory of time. Since its first publication in english in 1964, french philosopher gaston bachelard s poetics of space remains one of the most appealing and lyrical explorations of home.
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