Humanist Geography: An Individual's Search for Meaning

ISBN-13: 9780983497813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 216 str.

Yi-Fu Tuan

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For more than fifty years, Yi-Fu Tuan has carried the study of humanistic geography--what John K. Wright early in the twentieth century called "geosophy," a blending of geography and philosophy--to new heights, offering with each new book a fresh and often unique intellectual introspection into the human condition. His latest book, "Humanist Geography," is a testament of all that he has learned and encountered as a geographer. In returning to and reappraising his previous books, Tuan emphasizes how the study of humanist geography can offer a younger generation of students, scholars, and teachers a path toward self-discovery, personal fulfillment, and even enlightenment. He argues that in the study of place can be found the wonders of the human mind and imagination, especially as understood by the senses, even as we human beings deal with nature's stringencies and our own deep flaws.

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A Note to the Reader                                       Being Human                                            Part I        My Educational Backgrounds           1. Chongquing                                         2. Sydney                                            3. Oxford                                            4. Berkeley                                            5. Temporal Direction, Progress, and Their Cognates          Part II    Self, Community, and World           6. Isolated Selves and Bonding                            7. Segmentation and Self                                8. The City as a Moral Universe                      Part III    Frailties and Evils           9.   The Seven Deadly Sins                                10. Other Evils                                        11. Individualism                                  Part IV    Human Capabilities and Potential           12. What the Senses Can Offer                            13. What the Mind Can Offer                          Part V    The Individual                                        14. Individuals vs. Group: Particularity vs. Oneness                15. Am I Real and Do I Matter?                            16. Equality and Inequality                                17. Progress Considered One More Time                        18. Individuality Destiny: A Fantasy                  Part IV    Parting Thoughts           19. Becoming Whole                                Notes                                                  Index                                                  About the Author