Comments on: Kafka’s America and Spaces of Hope (Philosophy of Dwelling Series, Part 3) http://drinkingupstream.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/adorno-kafka-amerika-philosophy-of-dwelling-series-part-3/ ...real clear thoughts on the philosophy of dwelling. Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:48:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sixto Beltrandy http://drinkingupstream.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/adorno-kafka-amerika-philosophy-of-dwelling-series-part-3/#comment-136 Sixto Beltrandy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:39:08 +0000 http://drinkingupstream.wordpress.com/?p=584#comment-136 First of all, thank you for posting. By sharing your thoughts, you join and encourage at the same time. As a trained (but non-practicing) architect and would-be philosopher I am intrigued by the parallelism in our interests, the unexpected twists and turns of your thoughts, and the possibilities for further study it offers. Your last paragraph: "places of hope" is what my investigations into dwelling are all about, although I find myself not quite taking that for granted, and leaning more towards "Places for the possibility of Authentic Being". I particularly enjoyed your reference to Blade Runner, not just as a visually rich example of a likely future, but also as a social critique of being/not being, belonging and not-belonging, knowing and feeling. All concepts I believe are intrinsically woven into the concept of Dwelling. Anyhhow, keep up the good work! Minneapolis, MN 8/8/09 First of all, thank you for posting. By sharing your thoughts, you join and encourage at the same time. As a trained (but non-practicing) architect and would-be philosopher I am intrigued by the parallelism in our interests, the unexpected twists and turns of your thoughts, and the possibilities for further study it offers.

Your last paragraph: “places of hope” is what my investigations into dwelling are all about, although I find myself not quite taking that for granted, and leaning more towards “Places for the possibility of Authentic Being”.

I particularly enjoyed your reference to Blade Runner, not just as a visually rich example of a likely future, but also as a social critique of being/not being, belonging and not-belonging, knowing and feeling. All concepts I believe are intrinsically woven into the concept of Dwelling.

Anyhhow, keep up the good work!

Minneapolis, MN 8/8/09

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