ABSTRACT
Dwelling matters so much, we can say, because it ensures that nothing much else matters. What dwelling gives us is an anchor, something secure with which to give us confidence and a sense of safety. At least that is what we suppose it does. But clearly, and for a number of reasons, dwelling is not so much the anchor we use to secure us, as the anchor that is tied fast around our necks to ensure we sink. Dwelling, despite all its virtues – and we would not want to be without it! – causes us anxiety. As we have already seen, this anxiety might derive from desire: from a sense of unfulfilment, or perhaps even the fear that having it all will not amount to much after all.
