[Free pdf] Why Place Matters: Geography, Identity, and Civic Life in Modern America (New Atlantis Books)






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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Intriguing Reads|By Chelsea|Intriguing. As someone who has moved many times, I found this little book of essays to be engaging and insightful. Inspired me to study the Philosophy of Place in more detail.|1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Nice|By Elliot Martin|I thought it was a very good book.|1 of 4 people f| |
|"In this important book, insightful thinkers—from poets and philosophers to geographers and planners—explore one of the most disorienting results of our dazzling technological advances: an increasingly attenuated sense of place. Just decades ago, such

Contemporary American society, with its emphasis on mobility and economic progress, all too often loses sight of the importance of a sense of “place” and community. Appreciating place is essential for building the strong local communities that cultivate civic engagement, public leadership, and many of the other goods that contribute to a flourishing human life.

Do we, in losing our places, lose the crucial basis for healthy and resilient individual id...


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