Spaces in-between
Subtitle: cultural and political perspectives on environmental discourse
By: edited by Mark Luccarelli, Sigurd Bergmann
Series: Studies in environmental humanities -- 2
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9789004298842; 9789004299368
Subjects: Social aspects; Environmentalism; Urban ecology (Sociology); Environmental policy; Public spaces
Description: By considering the dimensions of spatiality in human experience, this book addresses the isolation of modern technological culture from nature. We are interested in social practices, belief systems and modes of living that would make possible effective public commitment to environmental governance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reconsidering environment : spatial contexts and the development of the environmental humanities / MarkLuccarelli and Sigurd Bergmann; title: Strindberg's modern ecological subject : "Swedish nature" viewed from a train / Linda Haverty Rugg; title: The romance of reinhabitation : Jack London and Knut Hamsun / Peter Mortensen; title: A cosmopolitan sense of place / Carmen F!ys-junquera; title: Hannah Arendt on transcendence in the public sphere / Firmin DeBrabander; title: City creeks : lessons in sustainable environmental discourse from a Florida boom town / Thomas Hallock; title: Allotment and community gardens : commons in German cities / Werner Bigell; title: Natural or political public space? : spaces of interpretation, environmentalism, and the sacred depth / Forrest Clingerman; title: Reconstituting the geographical place : the design of public spaces of exception in the contemporary city / Rodrigo Coelho; title: Living in bubbles : Peter Sloterdijk's spherology and the environmental humanities / Hannes Bergthaller; title: Conclusion : medieval green cities : third space and the challenge of history / Mark Luccarelli.