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It is an astonishing historical fact that the divorce of art from life that first appeared in the nineteenth century extended even into the realm of architecture. After all, unlike the so-called “useless” arts, buildings must be lived in, regardless of whether they actually meet basic human requirements. Many have lamented this divorce. But phenomenology is arguably better equipped than, say, orthodox Marxism or American pragmatism to provide the kind of theoretical framework necessary for reconciling the aggrieved parties and so for making art and architecture central to our understanding of the world and our place in it once again.
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Casey, T.K. (2009). Architecture. In: Sepp, H., Embree, L. (eds) Handbook of Phenomenological Aesthetics. Contributions To Phenomenology, vol 59. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2471-8_4
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