Lived Topographies

and their Mediational Forces

Gary Backhaus, John Murungi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2005
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-0576-4 (ISBN)

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This collection explores the various forms of narrative, semiotic, and technological mediation that shape the experience of place. Gary Backhaus and John Murungi have assembled a wide array of scholars who give a unique perspective on the phenomenology of place.

This collection explores the various forms of narrative, semiotic, and technological mediation that shape the experience of place. From the East End of London to Navajo lands to Ground Zero, Lived Topographies examines the great effect of language, mass media, surveillance, and other incursions of the contemporary world on topographical experience and description. Gary Backhaus and John Murungi have assembled a wide array of scholars to provide an interdisciplinary approach to this subject, giving this rich, focused collection a unique perspective on the phenomenology of place.

Gary Backhaus teaches philosophy at Morgan State University. John Murungi is professor of philosophy and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Towson University.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Section I: Narrative or Semiotic Mediation
Chapter 3 Exploration in Dead Space: The East End of London, England
Chapter 4 "The Whole Land is Sacred"-Story and the Navajo Sense of Place
Chapter 5 Terra Incognita/Terra Nullius: Modern Imperialism, Maps, and Deception
Chapter 6 Land Makes the Man: Topography and National Character in German Schoolbooks
Part 7 Section II: Technological Mediation
Chapter 8 Totalitarian Topographies: Ground Zero of Embargo Zones
Chapter 9 Between Battlefield and Battlescape: Info-Age Technology and the Topography of War
Chapter 10 Daniel Libeskind: From the End of Architecture to the Space of Memory
Part 11 Section III: Mediation by Surveillance
Chapter 12 Utilitarian Topographies of the Public Sphere: State Surveillance and the Case for Public Anonymity
Chapter 13 Categorial Imperatives for Future Slaves: Some Topographical Axioms of Deontology

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.6.2005
Co-Autor	Chad Kautzer, Kathryn Hopkins Kavanagh, Eduardo Mendieta
Sprache	englisch
Maße	149 x 228 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	0-7391-0576-0 / 0739105760
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-0576-4 / 9780739105764
Zustand	Neuware