Bachelard, Besson and Bakhtin
A Dialogical Discourse on the Potential of Intimate Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12497017 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Brown (0000-0001-7960-5755, University of Plymouth, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-149 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Space and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1206-3312 • E-ISSN: 1552-8308 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/12063312221092621 |
| OpenAlex | W4282034618 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space ponders the image of the wardrobe. Fixated by the figurative nature of its inner space, for Bachelard, the wardrobe is intimate, secret, and ordered. It is a space of protected memories, accessed more through the imagination than the everyday. Besson’s The Fifth Element opens up intimate space. Its external envelope offers no impenetrable boundary but instead a permeable threshold. The Fifth Element suggests an alternative for intimate space, where the incongruous, even conflicting, come together. Such a possibility evokes Bakhtin’s construct of dialogism , which reveled in the potential of dialogue between one and other, across both literal and figurative thresholds. This article brings together disparate strands from philosophy, film, and architecture. Through their juxtaposition, it will consider the potential for a new perspective on intimate space as dialogical space , in which private and public might meet, interact and even embrace, and so see themselves anew
Aesthetics · Art · Dialogical self · Element (criminal law · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literal and figurative language · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Sociology · Visual arts · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Russian Literature and Bakhtin Studies · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Architecture
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |