Robert Sack argues for places that expand our awareness of reality and that increase the variety and complexity of reality. What emerges is a geographical theory of morality based on space, place, and place-making.
A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good Summary
A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good by Robert Sack
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good Reviews
"This is an amazing piece of work. It is nothing less than an attempt at providing a geographical theory of morality based around the concept of place that Sack has developed in his previous writing." -- John Agnew, author of Geopolitics and Human Geography "Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education's New Scholarly Books section, May 2, 2003."
About Robert Sack
Robert Sack is the Bascom Professor of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is the author of numerous books.
Table of Contents
1. Geography, the Real and the Good 2. The Power of Place 3. Situatedness and Relativism 4. Situatedness and Absolutism 5. The Theory 6. Geo-Psychological Dynamics 7. Geo-Social Dynamics Postscript: The Problematic and Moral Theory
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A Geographical Guide to the Real and the Good by Robert Sack
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