Life takes place: phenomenology, lifeworlds, and place making
By: Seamon, David
Language: English Publisher: United States of America -- Routledge -- 2018Description: ix, 220pISBN: 9780815380719Subject(s): Philosophy | Metaphysics | PlaceDDC classification: 114 SEA/L Summary: 'Life Takes Place' argues that, even in our mobile, hypermodern world, human life is impossible without place. Seamon asks the question: why does life take place? He draws on examples of specific places and place experiences to understand place more broadly. Advocating for a holistic way of understanding that he calls 'synergistic relationality,' Seamon defines places as spatial fields that gather, activate, sustain, identify, and interconnect things, human beings, experiences, meanings, and events.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Reference | Central Library Reference (Sahyadri Campus) | Reference | 114 SEA/L | Not for loan | 07872 | |
Book | Central Library General Stack (Nila Campus) | 114 SEA/L | Available | 07873 |
'Life Takes Place' argues that, even in our mobile, hypermodern world, human life is impossible without place. Seamon asks the question: why does life take place? He draws on examples of specific places and place experiences to understand place more broadly. Advocating for a holistic way of understanding that he calls 'synergistic relationality,' Seamon defines places as spatial fields that gather, activate, sustain, identify, and interconnect things, human beings, experiences, meanings, and events.