Abstract
With the re—discovery of “place” and the ontological turn towards spatiality, spatial studies, postmodern geography, and cultural studies have increasingly integrated Marxism, phenomenology and ontology. The major contribution of the “spatial turn” lies in revealing the revolutionary potential of “space,” “place” and “locale,” thereby transforming the notion of “locale as a site of existence” into both a poetics and a political economy of spatial construction. “Place” becomes a convergence of human thoughts, memories and dreams, with “home” serving as the aggregation of this supreme existence. The poetics of space aims to uncover the richness of this imagined existence. Rooted in phenomenological reflection on the poetic construction of place, contemporary spatial studies move beyond the traditional tripartite framework with dimensions of “divinity,” “power” and “humanity” in urban studies. These studies restore the critical and reconstructive role of “place,” expanding the paradigm of spatial philosophy grounded in the lifeworld.
Keywords
spatial poetics, place, phenomenology of home, lifeworld
First Page
106
Last Page
116
Recommended Citation
Zhu, Jun. 2025. "Reconstituting “Place”: Experiential Perspective, Emotional Configuration and the Lifeworld." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 45, (6): pp.106-116. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss6/11
