Intended Meaning
Shahrur sees housing as no longer merely a practical function; rather, it developed, along with the development of knowledge, to the level of architecture. He also links this development to the growth of the visual arts, so that housing becomes part of a broader civilizational evolution.
The Atom’s Structure in the Atlas
- Type of argument: Historical
- Argument movement: It links housing to the transformation of knowledge toward architecture and the arts.
- Key terms: housing, architecture, knowledge, the visual arts.
- Degree of centrality: Secondary.
It presents the transition of housing from a practical need to a broader civilizational form, making epistemic development an entry point for understanding urbanism and the arts as an extension of the function of housing.
Links That Help Reading
Grounding
- Supporting text: «It links the development of housing with architecture and the visual arts to the development of knowledge».
Degree of Documentation
- Level: Directly documented
- Meaning of the level: The atom relies on an explicit witness close to the formulation of the claim.
- Limits of reading: The wording above is an analytical summary and should not be treated as a verbatim quotation unless the witness is quoted word for word.
Its Function in the Book
Its function here is declarative; it establishes a result on which what follows in the course of the argument depends.
Links
- Housing
Editorial Note
The meaning is more descriptive than argumentative.