The future of public space is uncertain. Although public spaces have become increasingly shabby and crowded, novel alternatives have appeared in the form of fantastic, semi-public pleasure grounds, developed by well-heeled, crowd-pleasing entrepreneurs and devoted to profit, consumption, and self-indulgence. 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. The contributors to this volume advance this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory. Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space gives readers an enhanced appreciation of the intimate connections between political principles, social processes, and the commonplaces of our everyday environments.
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It offers the prospect of an academic conversation across boundaries that have proven remarkably impervious to dialogue. The reader will encounter thought-provoking comments in a number of the essays. * Professional Geographer * They show that both philosophers and geographers can benefit from listening to the epistemological, political, scientific, and ethical issues surrounding space and place that trouble each other. This lesson alone makes the journal an important read. * Environmental Ethics *
List of Illustrations ix(2) Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Geography, Philosophy, and Public Space 1(16) Andrew Light Jonathan M. Smith
1. Symposium on Henri Lefebvres The Production of Space 17(64) Henri Lefebvre on Abstract Space 17(32) Edward Dimendberg Antinomies of Space and Nature in Henri Lefebvres The Production of Space 49(22) Neil Smith The Production of Space or The Heterogeneity of Place: A Commentary on Edward Dimendberg and Neil Smith 71(10) Edward S. Casey
2. Beyond the Public/Private Dichotomy 81(76) Formal Politics, Meta-Space, and the Construction of Civil Life 81(18) Mary Ann Tetreault The Stranger on the Green 99(16) Luke Wallin Public and Private, Power and Space 115(20) Ted Kilian The Disappearance of Public Space: An Ecological Marxist and Lefebvrian Approach 135(22) John Gulick
3. Regional Territories 157(76) Contested Space: The Rural Idyll and Competing Notions of the Good Society in the U.K. 157(22) Matthew Gorton John White Ian Chaston The Rights of Rights of Way 179(10) Hugh Mason The Mediation of the Public Sphere: Ideological Origins, Practical Possibilities 189(18) John Stevenson Representation, Identity, and the Communicative Shaping of Place 207(26) Jean Hillier Maps and Entitlement to Territory 233(16) Mario Pascalev Index 249(2) About the Editors and Contributors 251(2) Philosophy and Geography Style and Submission Guide 253
Andrew Light is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Montana. Jonathan M. Smith is associate professor of Geography at Texas A&M University.
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