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

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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.

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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.

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Introduction Samantha Noll, Sharon Meagher, and Joseph BiehlPart 1: Urban PhilosophiesSection 1: Historical Philosophical Engagements with Cities1. Plato's City-Soul Analogy: The Slow Train to Ordinary Virtue Nathan Nicol2. Philosophers and the City in Early Modern Europe Ferenc Hörcher3. Pragmatic Engagement in the City: Philosophy as a Means for Catalyzing Collective, Creative Capacity (Lessons from John Dewey and Jane Addams) Danielle Lake4. Back to the Cave Joseph S. BiehlSection 2: Modern and Contemporary Philosophical Theories of the City5. Urban Philosophy in Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project Frank Cunningham6. Henri Lefebvre and the Right to the City Loren King7. Foucault and Urban Philosophy Kevin Scott Jobe8. Iris Young’s City of Difference Elizabeth PurcellPart 2: Philosophical Engagement with Urban IssuesSection 1: Urban Aesthetics9. Urban Planning and Design as an Aesthetic Dilemma: Void vs. Volume in City-form Abraham Akkerman10. Architecture and Philosophy of the City Saul Fisher11. A Philosophy of Urban Parks Amanda Meyer and Charles Taliaferro12. Political Aesthetics of Public Art in Urban Spaces Fred Evans13. Walking the City: Flânerie and Flâneurs Kathryn Kramer and John Rennie Short14. How Might Creative Placemaking Lead to More Just Cities? Sharon M. MeagherSection 2: Urban Politics15. Beyond Deliberation and Civic Engagement: Participatory Budgeting and a New Philosophy of Public Power Alexander Kolokotronis and Michael Menser16. Constructing Communities in Urban Spaces Brian Elliot17. Houselessness Kevin Scott Jobe18. On Residential Segregation, Desegregation, Integration in Political Philosophy Ronald Sundstrom&nb