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From his initial writings on imagination and memory, to his recent studies of the glance and the edge, the work of American philosopher Edward S. Casey continues to shape 20th-century philosophy. In this first study dedicated to his rich body of work, distinguished scholars from philosophy, urban studies and architecture as well as artists engage with Casey's research and ideas to explore the key themes and variations of his contribution to the humanities.
Structured into three major parts, the volume reflects the central concerns of Casey's writings: an evolving phenomenology of imagination, memory, and place; representation and landscape painting and art; and edges, glances, and voice. Each part begins with an extended interview that defines and explains the topics, concepts, and stakes of each area of research. Readers are thus offered an introduction to Caseys fascinating body of work, and will gain a new insight into particular aspects and applications of Casey's research.
With a complete bibliography and an introduction that at once stresses each of Caseys areas of research while putting into perspective their overarching themes, this authoritative volume identifies the overall coherence and interconnections of Edward S. Casey's work and his impact on contemporary thought.
Synopsis
An authoritative study of Casey's major themes and ideas, exploring and confirming his contribution to contemporary philosophy. Structured into four major parts, the volume reflects key concerns of Casey's writings: phenomenological and psychoanalytic foundations; the philosophy of place; painting and scapes, and edges, glances, and voices.
About the Author
Donald A. Landes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Azucena Cruz-Pierre is an independent scholar in France.
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations of Books by Edward S. Casey
List of Figures and Images
1. Introduction
Donald A. Landes and Azucena Cruz-PierrePart I: Imagining, Memory, and Place2. The Weight of Imagining, Memory, and Place: The Multiple Origins of Edward S. Caseys Thought.
Edward S. Casey, interviewed by Donald A. Landes3. Place, Memory, and History
David Carr 4. Caseys Subliminal Phenomenology: On Edging Things Back into Place
David Morris 5. The Remembrance of Place
Jeff Malpas6. A Philosophy of Place?
Thierry Paquot, translated by Azucena Cruz-Pierre and Donald A. Landes7. The Derivation Of Space
Eugene Gendlin8. Place(s) of Ornament
Kent Bloomer9. Plato, Levinas, and the Erotic Image
Tanja StaehlerPart II: Painting and Scapes10. Framing the Landscape
Edward S. Casey, interviewed by Azucena Cruz-Pierre11. Glimpsing the Sublime: Casey, De Kooning, and Abstract Expressionism
Galen Johnson12. Slipping Glancer: Painting Place with Ed Casey
Megan Craig13. Drawing with/in and drawing out. A redefinition of architectural drawing through Edward S. Caseys meditations on mapping
Alberto Pérez-Gómez and Angeliki Sioli14. Where In the World Is Art's Edge? An Artist's Quest
Eve IngallsPart III: Edges, Glances, and Worlds15. The Reinscription of Place
Edward S. Casey, interviewed by Azucena Cruz-Pierre16. Casey Comes to the Edge: Borders, Boundaries, Diagrams, Arts and Islands
Gary Shapiro17. The Body as the Place of Care
Eva Feder Kittay18. Voices and the “Spirit of Place”
Fred EvansWorks Cited
Appendix: Chronological Bibliography of the Work of Edward S. Casey (selected), compiled by Kathleen Hulley.
Index