Claustrophilia is defined as the desire to remain in closed spaces, closing everything, doors, windows etc., is the opposite of claustrophobia. It should be distinguished from claustromania, which refers to the tendency of an individual to lock himself in his own house.
Claustrophilia is a desire for enclosed space. Etymology
It comes from the Latin "claustrum" ("enclosed space"), and from the Greek "philos" ("beloved friend", to philein).
They prefer or choose to work in tiny redoubts (tunnels).
Author and scientist Isaac Asimov had a well-publicized claustrophilia.
Its opposite is known, the antonym claustrophobia.
Román Gubern, in a study on the computerized society of developed countries, points out "the existence of a tendency towards claustrophilia in the forms of psychosocial and cultural relationship, as opposed to agorafilia." The new forms of sociability would thus express "a p for home seclusion, for the enclosed space of the house to the detriment of extraversion and exploration of the open space of the street, plaza, factory, club; ... the technologies of communication have been oriented to privilege as a modality of reception: the individual, the private and the home "(Gubern, 2000: 155)
Agorafilia implies an active subject who participates in groups, in his community, that explores the extraversion of open and public spaces. Whereas claustrophilia implies a more mediatic passive subject who is involved in private spaces. Sources
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