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Springer Geography Timothy Tambassi Marcello Tanca Editors The Philosophy of Geography Springer Geography AdvisoryEditors MitjaBrilly,FacultyofCivilandGeodeticEngineering,UniversityofLjubljana, Ljubljana,Slovenia RichardA.Davis,DepartmentofGeology,SchoolofGeosciences,University ofSouthFlorida,Tampa,FL,USA NancyHoalst-Pullen,DepartmentofGeographyandAnthropology,Kennesaw StateUniversity,Kennesaw,GA,USA MichaelLeitner,DepartmentofGeographyandAnthropology,LouisianaState University,BatonRouge,LA,USA MarkW.Patterson,DepartmentofGeographyandAnthropology,KennesawState University,Kennesaw,GA,USA MártonVeress,DepartmentofPhysicalGeography,UniversityofWestHungary, Szombathely,Hungary TheSpringerGeographyseriesseekstopublishabroadportfolioofscientificbooks, aimingatresearchers,students,andeveryoneinterestedingeographicalresearch. The series includes peer-reviewed monographs, edited volumes, textbooks, and conference proceedings. It covers the major topics in geography and geographical sciencesincluding,butnotlimitedto;EconomicGeography,LandscapeandUrban Planning,UrbanGeography,PhysicalGeographyandEnvironmentalGeography. SpringerGeography—nowindexedinScopus Moreinformationaboutthisseriesathttp://www.springer.com/series/10180 · Timothy Tambassi Marcello Tanca Editors The Philosophy of Geography Editors TimothyTambassi MarcelloTanca DepartmentofScienceofCulturalHeritage DepartmentofLiterature,Languages UniversityofSalerno andCulturalHeritage Fisciano,Italy UniversityofCagliari Cagliari,Italy ISSN2194-315X ISSN2194-3168 (electronic) SpringerGeography ISBN978-3-030-77154-6 ISBN978-3-030-77155-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77155-3 ©SpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG2021 Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartof thematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation, broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformation storageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodology nowknownorhereafterdeveloped. Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublication doesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevant protectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse. Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbook arebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsor theeditorsgiveawarranty,expressedorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforany errorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Thepublisherremainsneutralwithregardtojurisdictional claimsinpublishedmapsandinstitutionalaffiliations. ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerNatureSwitzerlandAG Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface Stringfiguresarelikestories; theyproposeandenactpatterns forparticipantstoinhabit,somehow, onavulnerableandwoundedEarth. DonnaHaraway,StayingwiththeTrouble: MakingKinintheChthulucene Getting a complete overview of the possible connections between geography and philosophy is, no doubt, an extremely ambitious task. For this reason, instead of providinganexhaustivesurvey,weshallratherfocusonsomespecificcontactpoints betweenthetwodisciplinesandthenprovidefourwaysforphilosophyandgeography tocommunicate: 1. geographyinphilosophy, 2. philosophyingeography, 3. geographyof philosophy, 4. philosophyof geography. Dealingwiththefirsttwoconnectionsmeanstothinkintermsofinclusion.More precisely, what is at the stake in the in-relations is the capacity of each of the two disciplinestoopenitsdoorstoexamples,theories,andexperiencescomingfromthe other discipline. In this way, we can have, on the one hand, geographical notions populatingphilosophicaldebatesand,ontheotherhand,philosophicalnotionsinfil- tratinggeographicaldebates.Geographyof philosophyisinsteadcenteredonthose placesand/orgeographicalcontextswithinwhichphilosophicaltheorieshavebeen developedandphilosophershavemovedandworked—suchasKönigsbergforKant, LondonforMarx,BerlinforBenjamin,andsoforth.Finally,philosophyof geog- raphyreferstothedebateonthenatureofgeographicalknowledgeandrealityanda debatethatincludes,amongothers,ontological,epistemological,social,andcultural groundingsofgeographyasadiscipline.Moreover,philosophyofgeographydoes not exclude the possibility of mutual connections among different sub-branches v vi Preface of philosophy (ontology, history of philosophy, aesthetics, epistemology, political philosophy,andsoon)andofgeography(suchashuman,physical,regional,cultural geography,andsoforth).Theoutcomeisapluralityofsub-disciplinesconstituting the domain of philosophy of geography, like the phenomenology of human geog- raphy,theepistemologyofphysicalgeography, theontologyofclassicgeography, andsoon. Outliningsuchin/of connectionsdoesnotmeantodenythattherecanbefurther ways to conceive the relations between philosophy and geography. Much work is still to be done as Augustin Berque emphasizes in the introduction of Ecoumène: introductionàl’étudedesmilieuxhumains,whileacknowledgingtheexistenceofan “immensevoid”betweenthetwodisciplines.Inthewakeoftheneedfornewresearch developments,thisvolumecollectsseveralcontributionsaimedatpresentingsome transversalquestions,therichnessofwhichhaspromptedustoorganizethematerial intothreelargesections. The first part of the book, Philosophy and Geography, explores the connec- tions between philosophy and geography in terms of parallel histories and mutual exchanges (Marcello Tanca), Ludwig Feuerbach’s philosophy of nature (Adriana Veríssimo Serrão), the interaction of philosophy, social theory of space (Jacques Lévy),andcomputerscience(TimothyTambassi). Thesecondpart,Space,Place,andTerritory,includesreflectionsonthespatial dimensionoftheselfinCharlesTaylor,MichelFoucault,andHannahArendt(Michel Lussault),theDaoistapproachtospace,place,andhumans(HongJiang),theaffective experienceofspace(Jean-MarcBesse),andtheontologyofterritorialityintheBaoulé philosophicalnarrative(AngeloTurco). Then,thethirdpartaddressessomeOpenQuestionsconcerningfakenewsabout geography(BarneyWarf),theconceptofcommunityanditsemancipatoryaswellas repressiveimplications(ClaudioMinca,RichardCarter-WhiteandPaoloGiaccaria), the‘animalquestion’(AnnalisaColombinoandPaoloGiaccaria),andthevalueof ‘hybridnature’forAnthropocene(GianfrancoPellegrino). SomewherebetweenCagliari TimothyTambassi andSalerno,Italy MarcelloTanca February2021 Acknowledgements Amongthepeoplewhowoulddeservetobementioned,wewishtoexpress ourthankstoallthecontributorsfortheircooperationandtoRobertDoeandRajanMuthufortheir assistance. Contents PartI PhilosophyandGeography 1 History of Geography and History of Philosophy. Convergences,Affinities,andLoans ............................. 3 MarcelloTanca 2 ConvertingtheEarthintoaDwellingPlace ...................... 35 AdrianaVeríssimoSerrão 3 Transmutations. Novel Encounters Between Philosophy andSocialTheoryofSpace ..................................... 51 JacquesLévy 4 Applied Ontology of Geography. Mapping theInterdisciplinary(Un-)Connections .......................... 61 TimothyTambassi PartII Space,Place,andTerritory 5 SpatialityFirst ................................................ 81 MichelLussault 6 SpaceandPlace:ADaoistPerspective ........................... 95 HongJiang 7 Geographicity.OntheAffectiveDimensionsofGeographical Experience ................................................... 117 Jean-MarcBesse 8 Being Human in a Godsend World. The Ontology ofTerritorialityintheBaouléPhilosophicalNarrative(Ivory Coast) ........................................................ 129 AngeloTurco vii viii Contents PartIII OpenQuestions 9 Post-truthGeographiesintheAgeofFakeNews ................. 151 BarneyWarf 10 GeographyandtheComingCommunity ........................ 167 ClaudioMinca,RichardCarter-White,andPaoloGiaccaria 11 ThePosthumanImperative:FromtheQuestionoftheAnimal totheQuestionsoftheAnimals ................................. 191 AnnalisaColombinoandPaoloGiaccaria 12 TheTracesofNature;or:TheValueofHybridNature ............ 211 GianfrancoPellegrino Index ............................................................. 241 Part I Philosophy and Geography
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