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Casey brings the reader to new edges of philosophical thought in this book. . . . Recommended.

* Choice *

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Prelude
Introduction: Thinking Edges, Edges of Thinking

Part One: Sorting Out Edges
Preface to Part One
1. Panoply of Edges
2. Borders and Boundaries
Interlude I: Cusps, Traces, Veils
3. Edges and Surfaces, Edges and Limits
4 . Edges of Places and Events

Part Two: Constructed versus Naturally Given Edges
Preface to Part Two
5. Natural versus Artifactual Edges
6. Wild Edges
Interlude II: Listening to Edges in Music
7. Landscape Edges
8. Parks, Gardens, Neighborhoods, Streets

Part Three: Edges of Body and Psyche, Earth and Sky
Preface to Part Three
9. At the Edges of My Body
10. Being on Edge and Falling Apart
11. From Earth's Edge to the Sky and Beyond

Part Four: Parting Shots
A Concluding Point: Not to Put Too Fine an Edge on Things
Postlude: Why Edges Matter
Epilogue: Life on Edge

Index

The World on Edge

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      Publisher Indiana University Press
      Published 12 July 2017
      ISBN-13 9780253025586
      978-0253025586
      ISBN-10 0253025583

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review

      Casey brings the reader to new edges of philosophical thought in this book. . . . Recommended.

      * Choice *

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments
      Prelude
      Introduction: Thinking Edges, Edges of Thinking

      Part One: Sorting Out Edges
      Preface to Part One
      1. Panoply of Edges
      2. Borders and Boundaries
      Interlude I: Cusps, Traces, Veils
      3. Edges and Surfaces, Edges and Limits
      4 . Edges of Places and Events

      Part Two: Constructed versus Naturally Given Edges
      Preface to Part Two
      5. Natural versus Artifactual Edges
      6. Wild Edges
      Interlude II: Listening to Edges in Music
      7. Landscape Edges
      8. Parks, Gardens, Neighborhoods, Streets

      Part Three: Edges of Body and Psyche, Earth and Sky
      Preface to Part Three
      9. At the Edges of My Body
      10. Being on Edge and Falling Apart
      11. From Earth's Edge to the Sky and Beyond

      Part Four: Parting Shots
      A Concluding Point: Not to Put Too Fine an Edge on Things
      Postlude: Why Edges Matter
      Epilogue: Life on Edge

      Index

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