Meaning in the Metropolis - Toward an Urban Existentialism

This book reveals how urban existence is a multifaceted affair that, once examined, will forever change the way people think about their place in the city and what it means to live in one.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Towards Living Your Best Life in the City 3. Building an Urban Existentialism 4. Conceptual Common Ground and Joint Action with Others 5. Against Living and Dying Alone 6. The Home as Urban Technology 7. Transportation Arrangements 8. Auxiliary Elements for City Living 9. Lessons for Citizens

About the author

Shane Epting is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. His previous books include Urban Enlightenment: Multistakeholder Engagement and the City, Ethics in Agribusiness: Justice and Global Food in Focus, Saving Cities: A Taxonomy of Urban Technology, and The Morality of Urban Mobility.

Summary

This book reveals how urban existence is a multifaceted affair that, once examined, will forever change the way people think about their place in the city and what it means to live in one.

Product details

• Authors: Shane Epting, Shane (Missouri University of Science and Epting
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032492315
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249231-5
• No. of pages: 120
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Urban & municipal planning, Ethics and moral philosophy, Urban communities, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Phenomenology and Existentialism