"In this, his last significant work, an admired French philosopher provides extraordinary meditations on the relations between the imagining consciousness and the world, positing the notion of reverie as its most dynamic point of reference. In his earlier book, The Poetics of Space, Bachelard considered several kinds of "praiseworthy space" conducive to the flow of poetic imagery. In Poetics of Reverie he considers the absolute origins o ..."
""[Bachelard] is neither a self-confessed and tortured atheist like Satre, nor, like Chardin, a heretic combining a belief in God with a proficiency in modern science. But, within the French context, he is almost as important as they are because he has a pseudo-religious force, without taking a stand on religion. To define him as briefly as possible – he is a philosopher, with a professional training in the sciences, who devoted most of ..."
"A beloved multidisciplinary treatise comes to Penguin ClassicsSince its initial publication in 1958, The Poetics of Space has been a muse to philosophers, architects, writers, psychologists, critics, and readers alike. The rare work of irresistibly inviting philosophy, Bachelard’s seminal work brims with quiet revelations and stirring, mysterious imagery. This lyrical journey takes as its premise the emergence of the poetic image and fi ..."
Intuition of the Instant(1st Edition) (Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy (Paperback)) by GastonBachelard, Eileen Rizo-Patron, Jean Lescure Paperback, 118 Pages, Published 2013 by Northwestern University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8101-2904-7, ISBN: 0-8101-2904-3
"Appearing in English for the first time, Intuition of the Instant --Bachelard's first metaphysical meditation on time and its moral implications--was written in 1932 in the wake of Husserl's lectures on streaming time-consciousness, Heidegger's Being and Time , and Henri Bergson's philosophy of the elan vital. A culmination of Bachelard's earlier studies in scientific epistemology, this work builds the epistemic framework that would lea ..."
"[Poetique de 1'espace. English] The poetics of space / Gaston Bachelard ;
translated from the French by Maria Jolas, with a new foreword by John R.
Stitgoe. p. cm. Originally published: New York : Orion Press. 1964. Translation of :
La poetique de 1'espace. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8070-6473
-4 1. Space and time. 2. Imagination. 3. Poetry. 1. Jolas, M. II. Tide. B2430.
B253P63I3 1994 114— dc20 93-27874 contents For ..."
"Bachelard's genius has produced the single most important body of thought in the rehabilitation of imagination in this century. His books on the psychoanalysis of fire and poetics of air, water, earth, and space are excerpted here. With an authoritive and comprehensive preface and bibliography by and about Bachelard."
"In The Dialectic of Duration Gaston Bachelard addresses the nature of time in response to the writings of his great contemporary, Henri Bergson. The work is motivated by a refutation of Bergson’s notion of duration – ‘lived time’, experienced as continuous. For Bachelard, experienced time is irreducibly fractured and interrupted, as indeed are material events. At stake is an entire conception of the physical world, an entire approach to ..."
Atomistic Intuitions(Reprint) An Essay on Classification (Suny in Contemporary French Thought) by GastonBachelard, Roch C. Smith, Daniel Parrochia Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2019 by State Univ Of New York Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-4384-7128-0, ISBN: 1-4384-7128-9
"French philosopher Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) is best known in the English-speaking world for his work on poetics and the literary imagination, but much of his oeuvre is devoted to epistemology and the philosophy of science. Like Thomas Kuhn, whose work he anticipates by three decades, Bachelard examines the revolution taking place in scientific thought, but with particular attention to the philosophical implications of scientific pra ..."
"Gaston Bachelard. world. Recalling these eveningsduringthe dramatic winters
inhis father's house, Bachelin writes (p.104):“Whenour companions leftus,
theirfeet deep in snow and their faces in theteeth ofthe blizzard, itseemed to me
thatthey were going very far away, ... It istaken froma passage in Rilke's
correspondence.4 Contrary tothegeneral thesisI setforth inthepreceding chapter,
for Rilke, storms areparticularly aggressive inc ..."
"Appearing in English for the first time, "Intuition of the Instant" Bachelard s first metaphysical meditation on time and its moral implications was written in 1932 in the wake of Husserl s lectures on streaming time-consciousness, Heidegger s "Being and Time, " and Henri Bergson s philosophy of the elan vital.A culmination of Bachelard s earlier studies in scientific epistemology, this work builds the epistemic framework that would lea ..."
"The famous French scientist-psychologist-literary critic provides a virtual bestiary for depth psychology and literary criticism in his study of Isidore Ducasse, known by the pen-name Lautréamont. Includes essays by James Hillman "Bachelard's Lautreamont, or Psychoanalysis without a Patient," and Robert Scott Dupree, "Bachelard as Literary Critic." Bachelard's only book devoted to a single author/poet. 152 pages, indexed. THE BACHE ..."
"The subject of this unusual book is best described by the author. "We are going to study a problem that no one has managed to approach objectively, one in which the initial charm of the object is so strong that it still has the power to warp the minds of the clearest thinkers and to keep bringing them back to the poetic fold in which dreams replace thought and poems conceal theorems. This problem is the psychological problem posed by ou ..."
"This spirited exploration of the foundations of the new physics focuses on many currently debated issues in the philosophy of science . . . The discussion reflects unusual depth of knowledge of the history of science and the philosophical tradition. A wealth of bon mots enliven the work, retaining much of their poignancy in the excellent translation."
"Gaston Bachelard (1884 -1962) is one of the most famous philosophers of the French 20th century, leaving a huge body of writing stretching from his first publication in 1928 right up to the time of his death. His subject matter was diverse - to date, the texts chosen for translation into English have reflected his 'literary critical' writing career, but there remains an impressive body of untranslated work on the philosophy of sci ..."
The Flame of a Candle (Bachelard Translation Series) by GastonBachelard, Joni Caldwell Paperback, 89 Pages, Published 1988 by Dallas Institute Publications ISBN-13: 978-0-911005-15-8, ISBN: 0-911005-15-3
""This book further-cements his thematic contention that the imagination is a flame, the flame of the psyche." - Joanne Stroud. Chapters include "Poetic Images of the Flame in Plant Life," ''The Solitude of the Candle Dreamer," and "The Light of the Lamp." THE BACHELARD TRANSLATIONS are the inspiration of Joanne H. Stroud, Director of Publications for The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, who in 1981 contracted with José Corti ..."
Water and Dreams(3rd Edition) An Essay on the Imagination of Matter (Bachelard Translation Series) by GastonBachelard, Edith R. Farrell Paperback, 213 Pages, Published 1999 by Dallas Inst Humanities & Culture ISBN-13: 978-0-911005-25-7, ISBN: 0-911005-25-0
"Gaston Bachelard, master dreamer of the elements, animates the waters of the soul with his stirring, fluid imagination. With the subtlety of a poet, he ranges from the surface of water with its reflective narcissism to the very depths where water flows into death. Clear waters, deep water, the Charon Complex, water in combination with other elements, maternal waters, water's morality, violent water, water's voice."
"This is a deep, magical, densely captivating book about space, our homes, how we live in them, and how dwellings and space affect us; it is as much a book of philosophy as a work of serious literature. It requires careful, preferably leisurely reading, with the possibility of moments to pause and digest and re-read the words. It will change the way you look at your home and your life, providing a deeper, more insightful relationship wit ..."
"It was in this work that Bachelard first marshalled all the components of his visionary philosophy of science, with its steady insistence on the human context and subtle encompassing of the irrational within the rational."
"In The Dialectic of Duration Gaston Bachelard addresses the nature of time in response to the writings of his great contemporary, Henri Bergson. The work is motivated by a refutation of Bergson’s notion of duration – ‘lived time’, experienced as continuous. For Bachelard, experienced time is irreducibly fractured and interrupted, as indeed are material events. At stake is an entire conception of the physical world, an entire approach to ..."