Humanist Geography: An Individual's Search for Meaning - Couverture souple

Tuan, Yi-Fu

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0983497818 ISBN 13 : 9780983497813

Editeur : George F. Thompson, 2012

Synopsis

For more than fifty years, Yi-Fu Tuan has carried the study of humanistic geography&;what John K. Wright early in the twentieth century called geosophy, a blending of geography and philosophy&;to new heights, offering with each new book a fresh and often unique intellectual introspection into the human condition. His latest book, Humanist Geography, is a testament of all that he has learned and encountered as a geographer.
    In returning to and reappraising his previous books, Tuan emphasizes how the study of humanist geography can offer a younger generation of students, scholars, and teachers a path toward self-discovery, personal fulfillment, and even enlightenment. He argues that in the study of place can be found the wonders of the human mind and imagination, especially as understood by the senses, even as we human beings deal with nature's stringencies and our own deep flaws.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Yi-Fu Tuan, the J. K. Wright and Vilas Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is author of twenty books, including Morality and Imagination, The Good Life, Human Goodness, and his autobiography, Who Am I?, all published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: George F. Thompson
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0983497818
• ISBN 13: 9780983497813
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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