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Tables of Contents for Geography and the Human Spirit
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword, by Yi-Fu Tuan
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
1
10
Part I. Phoenix, Faust, Narcissus
Chapter One Meaning, Metaphor, Milieu
11
28
Life Journeys in the Practice of Geography
11
2
Meaning
13
6
Cognitive Style and Metaphor
19
10
Milieu
29
6
Horizon and Integration
35
4
Chapter Two The Drama of Western Humanism
39
38
Phoenix, Faust, Narcissus
41
4
Humanistic Geography
45
3
Mediterranean Musings
48
2
Humanitas (Poesis)
50
5
Humanist Modes of Knowing (Logos)
55
6
The Humanities (Paideia)
61
4
Humanitarianism (Ergon)
65
2
The Twentieth-Century Contextual Turn
67
10
Part II. Four World-views in Western Geography
Introduction: The Way of Metaphor
77
10
Chapter Three World as Mosaic of Forms
87
33
Center and Horizon
88
5
A Correspondence Theory of Truth
93
4
Realism versus Nominalism in Medieval Times
97
4
Renaissance Formism
101
4
Enlightenment Geography
105
3
Kantian Foundations and the Chorological Imperative
108
2
Mosaic and American Geography
110
10
Chapter Four World as Mechanical System
120
35
Physic, Nous, and the Nature of Things
124
3
From Organic Whole to Mechanical Systems
127
2
Mechanization of the World Picture
129
3
Deus ex Machina
132
5
A Causal Adjustment Theory of Truth
137
3
Geography and "Systems"
140
15
Chapter Five World as Organic Whole
155
31
Classical Foundations of Organicism
159
4
An Infinity of Worlds
163
4
Cosmos, Human History, and Geography
167
4
A Coherence Theory of Truth
171
2
The Appeal of the Organism
173
10
Organism, Poesis, and Human Identity
183
3
Chapter Six World as Arena of Events
186
25
From Sophistry to Pragmatism
188
4
An Operational Theory of Truth
192
2
Divergent Streams in Europe and America
194
6
Geography and Arena: Meaning, Metaphor, Milieu
200
5
Narcissus, Twilight, and Arena
205
6
Conclusion. Concluding Hopes: Narcissus Awake
211
12
Appendix: Dialogue Project Recordings, 1978-1989
223
12
Notes
235
12
References
247
26
Index
273