Tensional Landscapes: The Dynamics of Boundaries and Placements

The contributors to this volume address global, regional, and local landscapes, cosmopolitan and indigenous cultures, and human and more-than-human ecology as they work to reveal place-specific tensional dynamics. Essays discuss Kant's theory of cosmopolitanism versus Hegel's philosophy of geographical determinism; the tension of cosmopolitanism versus a closer embeddedness in place-scapes; geographical determinism in the colonial practices of Colombia and in the current political rhetoric surrounding the revival of Saxony; preservational policies in Norway; regulation of gated communities in the United States; and the hermeneutics of Ground Zero. This unusual book, which covers such a wide-ranging array of topics, coheres into a work that will be a valuable reference for scholars of geography and the philosophy of place.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739105612
• ISBN13: 9780739105610
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"