Philosophy of Place

This book discusses the philosophy of place and the implications for understanding ourselves authentically. It sets out to investigate this by providing a review of the phenomenological and humanistic views of place as background reading for the chapters that follow. This contributed book offers unique chapters from international scholars on place in relation to individual philosophers such as Nietzsche, Sloterdijk, Foucault, as well as more broad areas of research including Ecology, Ontogenesis, Bioethics and Metaphysics. The book then presents an integration of the arguments of the contributing authors to give a better and fresh insight to the relationship between place and self. This fusion of chapters amplifies each to show how they all have an important contribution to an expanded understanding of place and self. This combination of topics as well as each author’s view of place makes this book an important contribution to the literature. The book is intended for philosophers but would also be of interest to a general audience.

Matthew Gildersleeve completed his PhD at the University of Queensland where he teaches and conducts research in Brisbane, Australia. He has published articles in the Journal of Analytical Psychology, the Humanistic Psychologist and Philosophy Now. His research interests are in philosophy, psychology, psychotherapy and sport science and has recently been funded to research and write about the philosophy of place.

Andrew Crowden is a philosopher and bioethicist with expertise in practical ethics. He is Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Queensland’s School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, Honorary Principle Fellow at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast where he is Chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee and until recently was Chairperson of the Animal Ethics Committee. He is Chair of the University of Queensland Ethics Advisory Group and an executive member of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Research Ethics Committee.