Books like The poetics of space

The poetics of space by Gaston Bachelard reads as contemplative, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The spell of the sensuous

David Abram · 1996

Both explore phenomenology

69% genome match

The object stares back

James Elkins · 1996

Both explore phenomenology

69% genome match

Droit de rêver

Gaston Bachelard · 1971

Both explore imagination & phenomenology

70% genome match

The thinking hand

Juhani Pallasmaa · 2009

Both explore phenomenology

65% genome match

Phenomenology of Perception

Maurice Merleau-Ponty · 2002

Both explore phenomenology

56% genome match

The creative mind

Henri Bergson · 1946

Same philosophy feel

61% genome match

Unterwegs zur Sprache

Martin Heidegger · 1959

Both explore phenomenology

62% genome match

The courage to be

Paul Tillich · 1952

Same philosophy feel

56% genome match

Imagination

Jean-Paul Sartre · 1936

Both explore imagination & phenomenology

63% genome match

The Human Condition

Hannah Arendt · 1958

Same philosophy feel

54% genome match

Temps et récit

Paul Ricœur · 1983

Both explore phenomenology

59% genome match

Cartesianische Meditationen

Edmund Husserl · 1931

Both explore phenomenology

56% genome match