Getting Back into Place

by Casey, Edward S.

• ISBN13: 9780253220882
• ISBN10: 0253220882
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-08
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

What would the world be like if there were no places? Our lives are so place-oriented that we cannot begin to comprehend the loss of locality. Indeed, the space we occupy has much to do with what and who we are. Yet, despite the pervasiveness of place in our everyday lives, philosophers have neglected it.Since its publication in 1993, Getting Back into Place has been recognized as a pioneering study of the importance of place in people's lives. This edition includes new material that reflects on the development of the field of environmental philosophy and presents Edward S. Casey's current thinking on place and home in our increasingly troubled world.

Author Biography

Edward S. Casey is Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University. His previous books include Imagining (IUP, 2nd ed., 2000), Remembering (IUP, 2nd ed., 2000), and The World at a Glance (IUP, 2007).

Table of Contents

Preface: Being before Place	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. xxi
Finding Place	p. 1
Implacement	p. 3
Displacement	p. 22
The Body in Place	p. 41
Directions	p. 43
Dimensions	p. 71
Built Places	p. 107
Two Ways to Dwell	p. 109
Building Sites and Cultivating Places	p. 146
Wild Places	p. 183
The Arc of Desolation and the Array of Description	p. 185
Going Wild in the Land	p. 227
Moving Between Places	p. 271
Homeward Bound: Ending (in) the Journey	p. 273
Epilogue New Work on Place: Space, Time, and History	p. 315
How to Get from Space to Place in a Fairly Short Stretch of Time	p. 317
Smooth Spaces and Rough-Edged Places: The Hidden History of Place	p. 349
Notes	p. 367
Index	p. 465
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