02210 a2200373 4500 20250526161929.0 250430042021GB 46 eng 9780367522186 BB Taylor & Francis GBP 135.00 BB 01 eng AMA thema QRAB thema TN thema AMX thema QDTN thema QRSG thema AMA bic HRAB bic TN bic AMX bic HPN bic HRKP3 bic ARC000000 bisac ARC016000 bisac REL102000 bisac 720.1 bisac Randall S. Lindstrom 642 Kenosis Creativity Architecture Appearance through Emptying 1 Oxford Routledge 20210322 260 p Kenosis Creativity Architecture locates and explores creativity’s grounding in the ancient concept of kenosis, the “emptying” that allows creativity to happen; that makes appearance possible. It concretises that grounding through architecture—a primal expression of human creativity—critically examining, for the first time, kenotic instantiations evidenced in four iconic, international projects; works by Kahn, Pei, Ando, and Libeskind. Then, in a final turn, the potentiality of architecture’s own emptying is probed. Architect and author Randall Lindstrom draws on Western and Eastern philosophy, including that of Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida, Vattimo, Nishida, and Nishitani, as well as on the theology of Christianity, Judaism, and aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam. Every chapter expands the argument that, if responsiveness to our world is taken seriously—if proper and sustainable responses are to be realised—then a deeper understanding of creativity, and so kenosis , is essential. This book opens-up a way of thinking about creativity and humanity’s readiness to be creative. It thereby presents a crucial enquiry—at the nexus of architecture, philosophy, and theology—for researchers, graduate and postgraduate students, and practitioners alike. 10418 10418