Description: A growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience, identity, and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into t...
Brief description: Jeff Malpas is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He was founder and, until 2005, Director of the university's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics. He has authored and edited numerous books with some of the world's leading academic presses and has published a wide range of scholarly articles on topics in philosophy, art, architecture, and geography. His books include Place and Experience (2018) and Heidegger's Topology (2006).
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"an illuminating examination of many of the issues implicated by the notion of place and space. . . . These articles serve to make this a fine introduction to the philosophy of place." --Steve Wall, University of South Florida, Philosophy in Review
"...each contribution makes an interesting reading." --Environmental Politics "The articles are academically rigorous, and the arguments are presented in clear language. . . . A solid and enjoyable introduction to the underlying and tectonic philosophical issues for those scientists working in environmental policy, conservation biology, or any ecology-centered field of study." --M. C. E. Peterson, University of Wisconsin Colleges, Choice Reviews