Ebook: H2O and the waters of forgetfulness

Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; About the Series; Acknowledgments; H2O and the Waters of Forgetfulness; Dallas Town Lake; The Nude in the Tub; The Historicity of "Stuff"; Water as "Stuff"; Dwelling Space: Neither Nest nor Garage; The Ritual Creation of Space; Plato's Motherly Space; The Bulldozed Space; In-discrete Space and the Nightmare; Inner and "Outer" Space; Elusive Waters; The Division of Waters; Water's Dual Nature: Purity and Cleanliness; The Waters of Lethe Wash; Mnemosyne's Pool of Reflection; The Aqueduct and the Alphabet Dry Up Mnemosyne; Rome's In-discrete Water Works.;Philosopher and social analyst Ivan Illich, one of the most influential thinkers of second half of this century, directs his attention to waterm the 'stuff' of purity and the creative force of the imagination without which life in unthinkable. He deals with the dual nature of water, as life-giving material substance and as the wellspring of forml, on which are founded the most basic myths and cultural manifestations: water as cleanser, water as domestic necessity and water as a religious and spiritual force.