Lived Topographies

and their Mediational Forces
Herausgeber: Backhaus, Gary; Murungi, John

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9780739105764
• ISBN-10: 0739105760
• Artikelnr.: 22775296

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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