References for Theme: Building, Dwelling, Thinking [1951]
- Heidegger, Martin
- Poetry, Language, Thought (1971)
(p.158) [Extract from: Building, Dwelling, Thinking ]-We are attempting to trace in thought the nature of dwelling. The next step on this path would be the question: what is the state of dwelling in our precarious age? On all sides we hear talk about the housing shortage, and with good reason. Nor is there just talk; there is action too. We try to fill the need by providing houses, by promoting the building of houses, planning the whole architectural enterprise. However hard and bitter, however hampering and threatening the lack of houses remains, the real plight of dwelling does not lie merely...
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