A geographical guide to the real and the good / Robert Sack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sack, Robert David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geographical perception.

Human territoriality.

Physical Description:

x, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

In this original and ambitious work, the renowned geographer Robert Sack argues for places that expand our awareness of reality and that increase the variety and complexity of reality. The joint application of these two criteria is the basis of a geographically informed moral theory that emphasizes the role of altruism. As well, it sheds light on the connection between the real and the good. Place-making that is guided by these criteria can affect our concepts of justice, our concerns about nature, and our views of democracy and the economy. What emerges is a geographical theory of morality based on the concepts of space, place, and place-making. Using historical and contemporary examples at all geographical scales to illustrate his theory, Sack forces readers see their geographical actions and everyday surroundings in an entirely new way.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Geography, the Real, and the Good 3

Chapter 2 The Power of Place 41

Part I Instrumental Judgments

Chapter 3 Situatedness and Relativism 87

Chapter 4 Situatedness and Absolutism 107

Part II Intrinsic Judgments

Chapter 5 The Theory 153

Chapter 6 Geopsychological Dynamics 193

Chapter 7 Geosocial Dynamics 235

Chapter 8 The Problematic and Moral Theory 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415944848

0415944856

OCLC:

51566404