Tensional landscapes : the dynamics of boundaries and placements / edited by Gary Backhaus and John Murungi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Backhaus, Gary, 1953-

Murungi, John, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographical perception.

Physical Description:

xxix, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2003]

Contents:

1 On the Threshold of History: The Role of Nature and Africa in Hegel's Philosophy / Shannon M. Mussett 1

2 Mapping Cultures, Histories, and Economic Development: Anthropology and the Colombian Carribean / Ethel Hazard 19

3 Earthling or Cosmopolitan? The Limits of Interlocution / Dennis E. Skocz 37

4 Democratizing the Transnational Corporate State: The Question of Environmental Nationalism / Herbert G. Reid 51

5 Castles Made of Sand: Territoriality and Exclusion in Coastal Aotearoa/New Zealand / John Ryks 63

6 Landscape and Meaning: The Immaterial Dimension of Environmental Preservation / Sven Arntzen 79

7 Spatial Boundaries

Spatial Visions: The Case of Saxony / Wolfgang Luutz 103

8 Knowing Our Places in Old and New Knowledge-Based Economies / John A. Scott 113

9 Athens, Alexandria, Jerusalem: Heidegger and Levinas on the Other and the City / John M. Rose 137

10 Contracting Neighborhood: Social Reality and Human Nature at Work in Suburbia / Michael J. Monahan 153

11 The Trail of the Tears of Ground Zero / John Murungi 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-186) and index.

ISBN:

0739105612

OCLC:

50841529