Philosophy and Geography II

Philosophers and geographers have converged on the topic of public space, fascinated and in many ways alarmed by fundamental changes in the way post-industrial societies produce space for public use, and in the way citizens of these same societies perceive and constitute themselves as a public. This volume advances this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory, while drawing intimate connections between political principles, social processes, and the commonplaces of our everyday environments.

Chapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Introduction: Geography, Philosophy, and Public Philosophy, and Public Space Part 4 Symposium on Henri LeFebvre's the Production of Space Chapter 5 Henri Lefebvre on Abstract Space Chapter 6 Antinomies of Space and Nature in Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space Chapter 7 The Production of Space or The Heterogeneity of Place: A Commentary on Edward Dimendberg and Neil Smith Part 8 Beyond The Public/Private Dichotomy Chapter 9 Formal Politics, Meta-Space, and the Construction of Civil Life Chapter 10 The Stranger on the Green Chapter 11 Public and Private, Power and Space Chapter 12 The "Disappearance of Public Space": An Ecological Marxist and Lefebvrian Approach Part 13 Regional Territories Chapter 14 Contested Space: The Rural Idyll and Competing Notions of the Good Society in the U. K. Chapter 15 The Rights of Rights of Way Chapter 16 The Mediation of the Public Sphere: Ideological Origins, Practical Possibilities Chapter 17 Representation, Identity, and the Communicative Shaping of Place Chapter 18 Maps and Entitlement to Territory Chapter 19 Index