Books in the Philosophy and Geography series

This volume provides interdisciplinary approaches to the environment as space, place and idea. This merging of ideas between philosophers and geographers results in an exploration of the human-nature relationship.

Philosophers and geographers have converged on the topic of public space, fascinated and in many ways alarmed by fundamental changes in the way post-industrial societies produce space for public use, and in the way citizens of these same societies perceive and constitute themselves as a public. This volume advances this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory, while drawing intimate connections between political principles, social processes, and the commonplaces of our everyday environments.

Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. This collection of essays offers us several philosophies of place, and reminds us of how we make, use and understand places.