ATMOSPHERES/ AESTHETICS OF EMOTIONAL SPACES

This book examines the role of atmospheres in daily life, and defines their main characteristics. Outlining the typical phenomenolog ical situations in which we experience atmospheres, it assesses their impact on contemporary aesthetics. It puts forward a philosoph ical approach which systematises a constellation of affects and climates, finds patterns in the emotional tones of different spaces (affordances) and assesses their impact on the felt body. It also critically discusses the spatial turn invoked by several of the so cial scie...[Read more]