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100 1 _aAshraf, Kazi Khaleed,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe hermit's hut :
_barchitecture and asceticism in India /
_cKazi K. Ashraf.
260 _aHonolulu :
_bUniversity of Hawaiʻi Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpatial habitus
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
505 0 _a""Cover ""; ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Introduction: The Architecture of Asceticism ""; ""Chapter 1. Asceticism and Architecture ""; ""Chapter 2. Home in the Ascetic Imagination ""; ""Chapter 3. The Buddha's House ""; ""Chapter 4. The Two Houses: Body and Building in the Ascetic Imagination ""; ""Chapter 5. Asceticism and the Primitive Hut ""; ""Chapter 6. A Hut with Many Meanings ""; ""Chapter 7. The End of Architecture ""; ""Notes ""; ""Glossary ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""
520 _a"The Hermit's Hut offers an original insight into the profound relationship between architecture and asceticism. Although architecture continually responds to ascetic compulsions, as in its frequent encounter with the question of excess and less, it is typically considered separate from asceticism. In contrast, this innovative book explores the rich and mutual ways in which asceticism and architecture are played out in each other's practices. The question of asceticism is also considered--as neither a religious discourse nor a specific cultural tradition but as a perennial issue in the practice of culture. The work convincingly traces the influences from early Indian asceticism to Zen Buddhism to the Japanese teahouse--the latter opening the door to modern minimalism. As the book's title suggests, the protagonist of the narrative is the nondescript hermit's hut. Relying primarily on Buddhist materials, the author provides a complex narrative that stems from this simple structure, showing how the significance of the hut resonates widely and how the question of dwelling is central to ascetic imagination. In exploring the conjunctions of architecture and asceticism, he breaks new ground by presenting ascetic practice as fundamentally an architectural project, namely the fabrication of a "last" hut. Through the conception of the last hut, he looks at the ascetic challenge of arriving at the edge of civilization and its echoes in the architectural quest for minimalism. The most vivid example comes from a well-known Buddhist text where the Buddha describes the ultimate ascetic moment, or nirvana, in cataclysmic terms using architectural metaphors: "The roof-rafters will be shattered," the Buddha declares, and the architect will "no longer build the house again." As the book compellingly shows, the physiological and spiritual transformation of the body is deeply intertwined with the art of building."--Publisher's description.
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650 4 _aAsceticism -- Buddhism.
650 4 _aBuddhist architecture -- India.
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAshraf, Kazi.
_tHermit's hut : architecture and asceticism in India.
_dHonolulu, Hawaii : University of Hawaii Press, ©2013
_hxiii, 222 pages
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