Description
What does it mean to dwell? Every civilization has a story to tell, according to Anne Buttimer, and exploring those stories brings fresh light to modern ideas about the relationship between humanity and its environment. In Geography and the Human Spirit, Buttimer ranges widely from Plato to Barry Lopez, from the Upanishads to Goethe, taking an interdisciplinary look at the ways in which human beings have turned to natural science, theology, and myth to form visions of the earth as a human habitat.
Author: Anne Buttimer
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 03/01/2003
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.14h x 5.96w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780801872556
ISBN10: 0801872553
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Science | Earth Sciences | Geography
About the Author
Anne Buttimer is a professor of geography at University College, Dublin. Yi-Fu Tuan is a professor emeritus of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His many books include Escapism, available from Johns Hopkins.