The Intelligence of Place. Topographies and Poetics.

. Ed(s): Malpas, Jeff

ISBN 10: 1472588673 / ISBN 13: 9781472588678

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2015

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Editor(s): Malpas, Jeff. Num Pages: 296 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; RGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Intelligence of Place. Topographies and Poetics.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472588673
• ISBN 13: 9781472588678
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Place has become a widespread concept in contemporary work in the humanities, creative arts, and social sciences. Yet in spite of its centrality, place remains a concept more often deployed than interrogated, and there are relatively few works that focus directly on the concept of place as such. The Intelligence of Place fills this gap, providing an exploration of place from various perspectives, encompassing anthropology, architecture, geography, media, philosophy, and the arts, and as it stands in relation to a range of other concepts.

Drawing together many of the key thinkers currently writing on the topic, The Intelligence of Place offers a unique point of entry into the contemporary thinking of place – into its topographies and poetics – providing new insights into a concept crucial to understanding our world and ourselves.

About the Author

Jeff Malpas is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He was founder and, until 2005, Director of the university's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics. He has authored and edited numerous books with some of the world's leading academic presses and has published a wide range of scholarly articles on topics in philosophy, art, architecture, and geography. His books include Place and Experience (2018) and Heidegger's Topology (2006).