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The Thinking Hand - Existential and EmbodiedWisdom in Architecture
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Juhani Pallasmaa is one of Finland’s most distinguished architects and architectural thinkers. His previous positions include: Rector of the Institute of Industrial Arts, Helsinki; Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki; and Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology. He has also held visiting professorships in several universities internationally. Pallasmaa is the author/editor of 24 books, including The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (Academy, 1995 and John Wiley & Sons, 2005), The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema (Helsinki, 2001) and Encounters (Helsinki, 2005).
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Introduction: Embodied Existence and Sensory Thought.

Chapter One: The Mysterious Hand.

The Multiple Essences of the Hand.

What is the Hand?

Hand, Eye, Brain and Language.

Hand as Symbol.

Gestures of the Hand.

Languages of the Hand.

Chapter Two: The Working Hand.

The Hand and the Tool.

The Hand of the Craftsman.

Collaborative Craftsmanship.

Architecture as Workmanship.

Chapter Three: Eye-Hand-Mind Fusion.

Experimentation and the Art of Play.

Skill and Boredom.

Eye, Hand and Mind.

Chapter Four: The Drawing Hand.

Drawing and the Self.

Tactility of Drawing.

The Computerised Hand.

Primacy of Touch: Hapticity of Self-image.

Unconscious Touch in Artistic Experience.

Chapter Five: Embodied Thinking.

Creative Fusion.

The Work of Thinking: The Value of Uncertainty.

Resistance, Tradition and Freedom.

Thinking Through the Senses.

Embodied Memory and Thought.

Existential Knowledge.

Chapter Six: Body, Self and Mind.

The Body as Site.

The World and the Self.

The World and the Mind.

Existential Space in Art.

Chapter Seven: Emotion and Imagination.

Reality of Imagination.

The Gift of Imagination.

Reality of Art.

Art and Emotion.

Artistic Experience as Exchange.

Chapter Eight: Theory and Life.

Theory and Making.

Opposition of Theory and Making.

Architecture as Image of Life.

The Task of Art.

Index.

Photo Credits.

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