Getting Back into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World (Studies in Continental Thought) (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Getting Back into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World (Studies in Continental Thought) Monday, August 3 2009.

• "... 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Getting Back into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World (Studies in Continental Thought) Monday, August 3 2009.

• Added a contributor: Edward S. Casey: (Primary Author)