SUNY Series in Environmental & Architectural
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Volumes in Series
David Seamon, ed. Dwelling, Seeing,& Designing: Toward a Phenomenological Ecology, 1993 (0-7914-1277-6).
"The rifts Seamon seeks to heal in this anthology are not only between disciplines or between knowledge and action or designing and building. They are, most fundamentally, the rifts between us and all that we see as not us. Without the greater empathy and care in designing, planning, and understanding environments that these essays illustrate, there can be little hope of change or of survival"—Karen Franck, School of Architecture, NJ Institute of Technology.
Robert Mugerauer, Interpretations on Behalf of Place: Environmental Displacements and Alternative Responses, 1994 (ISBN 0-7914-1944-4).
Mugerauer has successfully sorted out the various strands of place and anti-place theory into a consistent fabric. He explains how the deconstructivist vs. traditionalist debate is not really a war but an ongoing dance between a charged pair. He tells us that we don't have to choose sides in this debate, but we do have to think carefully, clearly and without illusions or false concepts when carrying out our design or planning"‑-Patrick Condon, Program in Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Louise Chawla, In the First Country of Places: Nature, Poetry, & Childhood Memory, 1994 (ISBN 0-7914-2074-4).
"I have a great respect for the way in which Chawla has been able to address and integrate a diverse set of literatures—environmental psychology, developmental psychology, phenomenology, literature and literary criticism, nature studies, and feminist theory. I am not surprised at the breadth of her insights because she has been so clear about her hermeneutic and phenomenological approach to the questions about childhood memories, nature, and developmental psychology‑-only that she does it so well"‑-Lynda H. Schneekloth, Program in Architecture, State University of NY, Buffalo
Arthur Zajonc & David Seamon, editors. Goethe's Way of Science: A Phenomenology of Nature, 1998 (ISBN 0-7914-3682-9).
"This volume is a readable, highly original contribution to the study of environment. While challenging common paradigms of positivist, scientific methodology, the book does so unpretentiously, carefully, and with much rigor. The range of examples provided by the authors is particularly illuminating of the Goethean phenomenology of nature. I recommend this book to ecologists, scientists, philosophers, and students of nature as a thoughtful exploration of alternative ways of seeing the world and its natural forms, both living and non-living"‑-Ingrid Stefanovic, Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto.
Herb Childress, Landscapes of Betrayal, Landscapes of Joy: Curtisville in the Life of Its Teenagers, 2000 (ISBN 0-7914-4577-1)
"Our social and physical environments are a mess. Teenagers are solrely neglected, and Childress conveys the feeling that there is much that could so easily be done if we weren't so 'bloody fearful' about life. Educators, planners, designers, and parents should read this book"--Douglas D. Paterson, University of British Columbia.
Ingrid Leman Stefanovic, Safeguarding Our Common Future: Rethinking Sustainable Development, 2000 [ISBN 0-7914-4651-4
"There is no topic more important to the task of leaving to our descendents a fit natural environment than that of sustainable development. This book deals usefully, originally, and importantly with this issue, and it should be read by anyone undertaking to think seriously about how to provide our progeny with a world they can receive as a blessing rather than a curse."--Bruce V. Foltz, author of Inhabiting the Earth: Heidegger, Environmental Ethics, and the Metaphysics of Nature
Soft-cover copies of each volume are $21.95 and may be ordered from the SUNY Press by calling 1-800-666-2211.
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