Getting Back Into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-world

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Indiana University Press, 1993 - 403 頁

.."". a comprehensive and nuanced account of the role of place in human experience."" -- Word Trade

""In descriptions of unprecedented scope, power, and concision, Casey illuminates brilliantly the vexing question crucial for our survival: What is our place in Nature?"" -- Bruce Wilshire

.."". wonderfully insightful... "" -- The Humanistic Psychologist

What would the world be like if there were no places? Our lives are so place-oriented that we cannot begin to comprehend sheer ""placelessness."" Despite the pervasiveness of place, for the most part philosophers have neglected it. Here, Casey articulates a nuanced philosophical exploration of the pervasiveness of place in our everyday lives.

 

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THE BODY IN PLACE
41
BUILT PLACES
107
WILD PLACES
183
MOVING BETWEEN PLACES
271
Notes
315
Index
397
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EDWARD S. CASEY is Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Getting Back into Place is the third in a series, preceded by Imagining and Remembering.

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