(Ebook) Philosophy In The American West : A Geography of Thought by Hayes, Josh,, Kuperus, Gerard,, Treanor, Brian ISBN 9780367489502, 9781003043621, 9780367512552, 9781000092417, 9781000092332, 0367489503, 1003043623, 0367512556, 1000092410

(Ebook) Philosophy In The American West : A Geography of Thought by Hayes, Josh,, Kuperus, Gerard,, Treanor, Brian ISBN 9780367489502, 9781003043621, 9780367512552, 9781000092417, 9781000092332, 0367489503, 1003043623, 0367512556, 1000092410

"Philosophy in the American West explores what it means to think philosophically in, and from, "the West". The chapters explore the physical, ecological, cultural, and narrative environments associated with the western United States, reflecting on the relationship between people and the places that sustain them. That there might be something significant about the west has long been recognized. From Cráevecoeur's early observations in Letters from an American Farmer (1782), to Thoreau's reflections in Walden (1854), to twentieth-century reflections on the legacy of a vanishing frontier, "the West" has played a pivotal role in the American narrative and in the American sense of self. But while the nature of "westernness" has been touched on by historians, sociologists, and, especially, novelists and poets, this collection represents the first attempt to think philosophically about the nature of the west and its influence on us. The contributors take up thinkers which have been associated with Continental Philosophy and pair them with writers, poets, and artists of the west. And while this collection seeks to loosen the cords that tie philosophy to Europe, the traditions of "continental" philosophy-phenomenology, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and others-offer particularly deep resources for thinking through the particularity of place. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Philosophy, as well as those working in Ecocriticism and the Envrionmental Humanities more broadly"--