Getting Back Into Place: Toward a Renewed Understanding of the Place-World. Edward S. Casey (Studies in Continent)

Offers A Philosophical Exploration Of The Pervasiveness Of Place. Presenting An Account Of The Role Of Place In Human Experience, This Book Points To Place's Indispensability In Navigation And Orientation. The Role Of The Lived Body In Matters Of Place Isconsidered, And The Characteristics Of Built Places Are Explored. Part One: Finding Place -- Implacement -- Displacement Part Two: The Body In Place -- Directions -- Dimensions Part Three: Built Places -- Two Ways To Dwell -- Building Sitess And Cultivating Places Part Four: Wild Places -- The Arc Of Desolation And The Array Of Description -- Going Wild In The Land Part Five: Moving Between Places -- Homeward Bound: Ending (in) The Journey. Edward S. Casey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A Study On The Importance Of Place In People's Lives, Reflecting On The Development Of The Field Of Environmental Philosophy And Presenting Edward S. Casey's Current Thinking On Place And Home In Our Increasingly Troubled World. Preface: Being Before Place -- Pt. 1, Finding Place -- Implacement -- Displacement -- Pt. 2, The Body In Place -- Directions -- Dimensions -- Pt. 3, Built Places -- Two Ways To Dwell -- Building Sties And Cultivating Places -- Pt. 4, Wild Places -- The Arc Of Desolation And The Array Of Description -- Going Wild In The Land -- Pt. 4, Moving Between Places -- Homeward Bound: Ending (in) The Journey -- Epilogue. New Work On Place: Space, Time, And History -- How To Get From Space To Place In A Fairly Short Stretch Of Time -- Smooths Paces And Rough-edged Places: The Hidden History Of Place. Edward S. Casey. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. .."". 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 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. Offers a philosophical exploration of the pervasiveness of place. Presenting an account of the role of place in human experience, this book points to place's indispensability in navigation and orientation. The role of the lived body in matters of place is considered, and the characteristics of built places are explored.