The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City by Meagher, Sharon M.; Noll, Samantha; Biehl, Joseph S.;

Short description:

An outstanding reference source to this subject and the first collection of its kind. Essential reading for students and researchers in environmental philosophy, aesthetics and political philosophy, geography, urban studies, sociology, and political science.

Long description:

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City is an outstanding reference source to this exciting subject and the first collection of its kind. Comprising 40 chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into clear sections addressing the following central topics:

• Historical Philosophical Engagements with Cities

• Modern and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of the City

• Urban Aesthetics

• Urban Politics

• Citizenship

• Urban Environments and the Creation/Destruction of Place.

The concluding section, Urban Engagements, contains interviews with philosophers discussing their engagement with students and the wider public on issues and initiatives including experiential learning, civic and community engagement, disability rights and access, environmental degradation, professional diversity, social justice, and globalization.

Essential reading for students and researchers in environmental philosophy, aesthetics, and political philosophy, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of the City is also a useful resource for those in related fields, such as geography, urban studies, sociology, and political science.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Samantha Noll, Sharon Meagher, and Joseph Biehl  Part 1: Urban Philosophies  Section 1: Historical Philosophical Engagements with Cities  1. Plato's City-Soul Analogy: The Slow Train to Ordinary Virtue Nathan Nicol  2. Philosophers and the City in Early Modern Europe Ferenc Hörcher  3. Pragmatic Engagement in the City: Philosophy as a Means for Catalyzing Collective, Creative Capacity (Lessons from John Dewey and Jane Addams) Danielle Lake  4. Back to the Cave Joseph S. Biehl  Section 2: Modern and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of the City  5. Urban Philosophy in Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project Frank Cunningham  6. Henri Lefebvre and the Right to the City Loren King  7. Foucault and Urban Philosophy Kevin Scott Jobe  8. Iris Young’s City of Difference Elizabeth Purcell  Part 2: Philosophical Engagement with Urban Issues  Section 1: Urban Aesthetics  9. Urban Planning and Design as an Aesthetic Dilemma: Void vs. Volume in City-form Abraham Akkerman  10. Architecture and Philosophy of the City Saul Fisher  11. A Philosophy of Urban Parks Amanda Meyer and Charles Taliaferro  12. Political Aesthetics of Public Art in Urban Spaces Fred Evans  13. Walking the City: Flânerie and Flâneurs Kathryn Kramer and John Rennie Short  14. How Might Creative Placemaking Lead to More Just Cities? Sharon M. Meagher  Section 2: Urban Politics  15. Beyond Deliberation and Civic Engagement: Participatory Budgeting and a New Philosophy of Public Power Alexander Kolokotronis and Michael Menser  16. Constructing Communities in Urban Spaces Brian Elliot  17. Houselessness Kevin Scott Jobe  18. On Residential Segregation, Desegregation, Integration in Political Philosophy Ronald Sundstrom  19. Gentrification Tyler Zimmer  20. The Occupy Movement and he Reappearance of the Polis Chad Kautzer  Section 3: Citizenship  21. City and Common Space Paula Cristina Pereira  22. The Concept of Public Space Brian A. Weiner  23. From Good to Progressive Planning or What is a Good City? Peter Marcuse  24. Hospitality in Sanctuary Cities Benjamin Boudou  25. Black Lives Matter and the Ferguson Moment: Toward a Philosophy of Urban Relegation Paul C. Taylor  26. Nature Where You’re Not: Rethinking Environmental Spaces and Racism Esme G. Murdock  27. Ghost Cities: Globalization, Neo-Capitalist Speculation, and the Empty Cities of the Global South Sharon M. Meagher  Section 4: Urban Environments and the Creation/Destruction of Place  28. Metropolitan Growth Robert Kirkman  29. Environmental Philosophy in the City: Confronting the Anti-Urban Bias to Overcome the Human-Nature Divide Alexandria K. Poole  30. Zoöpolis: Animals in the City Cynthia Willett  31. Urban Mobility Systems Shane Epting  32. The Endeavor to Embody Urban Waters: Technical/Political Governmentality of Green Infrastructure and the Emergence of New Human-Water Relations Irene J. Klaver and J. Aaron Frith  33. Urban Agriculture and Environmental Imagination Samantha Noll  34. Paradox in the City: Urban Complications Regarding Climate Change and Climate Justice Michael Goldsby  Section 5: Urban Engagements  35. An Agora Grows in Brooklyn: An Interview with Ian Olasov  36. Reaching Out to the Underrepresented: An Interview with John R. Torrey   37. Blurring the Boundaries between the Classroom and the City: An Interview with Stephen Bloch-Schulman  38. The Phronesis Lab: Practical Wisdom in the City: An interview with Sharyn Clough  39. Doing Field Philosophy in the Gas Fields of Texas: An Interview with Adam Briggle  40. Engaging Cities at Home and Abroad: Connecting our Students with Urban Communities: An interview with Sarah Donovan.  Index