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Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America (New Atlantis Books)
Wilfred M. McClay (Ed.)
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Description for Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America (New Atlantis Books)
Hardcover. Editor(s): McClay, Wilfred M.; McAllister, Ted V. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFS; JPA; JPQB; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 628.
Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of "place" and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life. Do we, in losing our places, lose the crucial basis for healthy and resilient individual identity, and for the cultivation of public virtues? For one can't be a citizen without being a citizen of some place in particular; one isn't a citizen of a ... Read more
Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of "place" and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life. Do we, in losing our places, lose the crucial basis for healthy and resilient individual identity, and for the cultivation of public virtues? For one can't be a citizen without being a citizen of some place in particular; one isn't a citizen of a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Encounter Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
627g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781594037160
SKU
V9781594037160
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About Wilfred M. McClay (Ed.)
Wilfred M. McClay is the SunTrust Chair of Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Ted V. McAllister is the Edward L. Gaylord Chair and Associate Professor of Public Policy at Pepperdine University.
Reviews for Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America (New Atlantis Books)
"In this important book, insightful thinkers
from poets and philosophers to geographers and planners
explore one of the most disorienting results of our dazzling technological advances: an increasingly attenuated sense of place. Just decades ago, such a book would have been superfluous; today it is essential in a rapidly globalizing and digitizing world." BRUCE COLE Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center ... Read more
from poets and philosophers to geographers and planners
explore one of the most disorienting results of our dazzling technological advances: an increasingly attenuated sense of place. Just decades ago, such a book would have been superfluous; today it is essential in a rapidly globalizing and digitizing world." BRUCE COLE Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center ... Read more