Place and Phenomenology: : Janet Donohoe: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Place and Phenomenology

Description

This cross-disciplinary book uses phenomenological method and description to explore questions of place, underscoring the significance of phenomenology for place and place for phenomenology.

The book brings together prominent scholars in phenomenology of place. Covering a range of issues from sacred places to embodiment and identity and from environmental art and architecture to limit places, the contributors explore theoretical foundations through thinkers such as Heidegger, Marion-Young, Husserl, and Leopold among others. Phenomenological method and description are brought to bear on concrete places such as rivers, the Himalayas, modern transit, sacred architecture and more. The book is accessible and pertinent to on-going discussions in human geography, architectural theory, environmental studies, and philosophy of place. Provocative and imaginative, the essays provide a much-needed look at the contributions of phenomenology to, as well as the role of place in, contemporary philosophical and environmental discussions.

Introduction, Janet Donohoe / Part I: Place and the Existential / 1. The Openness of Places, Edward Relph / 2. The Double Gift-Place and Identity, Robert Mugerauer / 3. The Idea of an Existential Ecology, Bob Sandmeyer / Part II: Sacred Places / 4. Nature, Place, and the Sacred, Anne Buttimer / 5. From the Land Itself: The Himalayas as Sacred Landscape, John Cameron / 6. The Ambiguity of “Sacred Space”: Superabundance, Contestation and Unpredictability at the Earthworks of Newark, Ohio, Lindsay Jones / Part III: Place, Embodiment, and Home / 7. The Living Arena of Existential Health: Space, Autonomy, and Embodiment, Kirsten Jacobson / 8. Environed Embodiment and Geometric Space, Adam Konopka / 9. Nature as Home: A Gendered Phenomenology of Place, Trish Glazebrook / Part IV: Places Rediscovered / 10. Intraterrestrials: Landing Sites, David Wood / 11. Indeterminacy in Place: Rivers as Bridge and Meandering as Metaphor, Irene J. Klaver / 12. The Lifeworld, Transit, and Difference, Jonathan Maskit / Part V: Place

Product details

Published	17 Mar 2017
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	346
ISBN	9781786600318
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	5 b/w illustrations;
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Janet Donohoe

The very possibility of appearance – and especially of that fundamental mode of appearance that is the subject of phenomenology – is inextricably bound to place. In Place and Phenomenology Janet Donohoe has assembled a selection of essays by leading figures in the field that offers an excellent introduction to the phenomenological inquiry into place as well as a set of concentrated place-oriented phenomenological studies. The volume will be an important contribution to the growing body of literature on place and to new approaches in phenomenology.

Jeff Malpas, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, University of Tasmania
Drawing from some of the greatest classical writers on place, this collection promises to become a modern classic itself. Exploring a range of issues, from sacred spaces to the significance of embodiment, the book bridges phenomenological theory with illuminations of actual, lived places. It is a must-read for everyone interested in exploring the wonder and mystery of how we dwell.

Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Dean, Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University
This collection will be of great help to anyone who is interested in the meaning and significance of place. Phenomenology can help to understand the role of place in human existence in general, as well as deal with concrete places such as sacred sites or environmental artworks. But this book also shows how ‘limit’ cases – outer space, erased places, buildings – seem to challenge the phenomenological method as such. Together, these thoughtful essays provide a good overview of the full breadth of phenomenological contributions to contemporary environmental philosophy.

Martin Drenthen, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Radboud University