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Philosophy and the city : classic to contemporary writings / edited by Sharon M. Meagher.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Philosophy.
- Urbanization.
- Sociology, Urban--Philosophy.
- Sociology, Urban.
- Cities and towns--Philosophy.
- Cities and towns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- Using philosophical works from ancient Greece to contemporary times, Philosophy and the City demonstrates both why philosophy matters to the city and how cities matter to philosophy. The collection addresses questions that remain central to urban planning and everyday urban life, such as, What is a city? What does it mean to be a good citizen? By bringing various perspectives together, Sharon M. Meagher provides readers the opportunity to better understand key philosophical debates concerning not only social and political philosophy but also place and identity formation, aesthetics, philosophy of race and diversity, and environmental philosophy.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Readings from Philosophy: Classic to Contemporary
- Pericles
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Augustine
- Niccolò Machiavelli
- St. Thomas More
- Thomas Hobbes
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Thomas Jefferson
- Jane Addams
- Georg Simmel
- Max Weber
- John Dewey
- Walter Benjamin
- Martin Heidegger
- Lewis Mumford
- Henri Lefebvre
- William J. Gavin
- Jürgen Habermas
- Michel Foucault
- Christian Norberg-Schulz
- Iris Marion Young
- bell hooks
- Elizabeth A. Grosz
- Cornel West
- Joseph Grange
- James Conlon
- Susan Bickford
- Eduardo Mendieta
- Gail Weiss
- Philosophy Matters, City Matters: Cases for Discussion
- What Is a City?
- Citizenship
- Urban Identity and Diversity
- The Built Environment (Planning and Architecture)
- Social Justice and the Ethics of the City
- Index
- About the Author
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780791479049
- 0791479048
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