In Dwelling

Peter King is Reader in Social Thought in the Centre for Comparative Housing Research, Department of Public Policy, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK.

• Preface: Retracing Our Steps, Peter King; Chapter 1 Closed, Peter King; Chapter 2 In and Around Dwelling, Peter King; Chapter 3 From Machines to Mine, Peter King; Chapter 4 The Confinement of Sense, Peter King; Chapter 5 Hiding in the World, Peter King; Chapter 6 Open, Peter King; Coda, Peter King;

'Peter King has produced an idiosyncratic and highly readable contribution to analyzing the concept of "dwelling". The book is thought-provoking, insightful and entertaining. In engaging with an impressive range of theory and popular culture, it takes numerous unexpected turns with wit and originality. I can think of no other writer who can provide such an accessible examination of subjectivity and the home through an eclectic yet rewarding mix of philosophy, sociology, literature and film.' Tony Manzi, University of Westminster, UK 'Following the reiterative and circular narratives of Derrida, this book shows us housing and home as resulting from the acts of finding place, settling in and keeping it mine. Peter King uses autobiography, film criticism and philosophical speculation to show how places become wrapped up in our sense of self and other. Other than policy leads us to believe, our dwellings are filled with human traces of habitation, attachment, memory and feeling. The book thus offers an intuitive and impressionistic account of housing that calls for original ways of thinking and writing on the place we most care about.' Leeke Reinders, Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands 'This book is a valuable addition to the King canon. It deals with issues at the heart of the relationship between people and their dwelling. It offers a focus for the future direction of housing studies.' Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 'Peter King's new book is an ambitious, beautifully constructed and thought-provoking attempt to reframe elements of our understanding of dwelling based around his key concepts of implacability, exclusion and acceptance...' Housing Studies 'Seven chapters of well-written narrative unfold ideas about implacability and exclusion as experiences of dwelling, the presence of reiterative movements in closing and opening relations, of getting inside and outside, of finding secure hiding places, and the dreadful consequences of losing it.' Architectural Science Review 'Peter King has once again presented a stimulating discussion that provides direction for the field of housing studies. There is no doubting King's commitment to the expansion of this field or his knowledge of the subject. This book philosophically probes relations between individuals, their housing and home, ultimately re-imagining peoples' acts of place making and their dwelling.' New Zealand Geographer