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Philosophy, Travel, and Place

Being in Transit

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Editors:
  1. Ron Scapp

    1. College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York, USA

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  2. Brian Seitz

    1. Babson College, Babson Park, USA

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  • Addresses travel and transit from a philosophical perspective

  • Provides novel approaches that are significant and engaging to a wide readership

  • Adds to ongoing conversations about both travel and migration

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introducing Being in Transit

    • Ron Scapp, Brian Seitz
    Pages 1-6

  3. Long Distances: Tourating, Travel, and the Ethics of Tourism

    • Mary C. Rawlinson
    Pages 7-50

  4. Thinking in Transit

    • Megan Craig, Edward S. Casey
    Pages 51-67

  5. Reclamation and Reconciliation

    • bell hooks
    Pages 69-78

  6. Bad Dog

    • Alphonso Lingis
    Pages 79-85

  7. Walking the Way: Transforming Being in Transit

    • Jason M. Wirth
    Pages 87-98

  8. Home Schooling: Philosophy Without Travel

    • Nickolas Pappas
    Pages 99-111

  9. The Night-Traveler: Theories of Nocturnal Time, Space, Movement

    • Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh
    Pages 113-128

  10. Walking in Wild Emptiness: A Zen Phenomenology

    • Brian Shūdō Schroeder
    Pages 129-149

  11. Moving Wolves

    • Thomas Thorp
    Pages 151-168

  12. Nietzsche vagabundus or, the Good European in transitu

    • David Farrell Krell
    Pages 169-188

  13. Trans-Scapes Transitions in Transit

    • Irene J. Klaver
    Pages 189-207

  14. The Commute: The Bend in Progress, Reproduction on The Road

    • Robin Truth Goodman
    Pages 209-221

  15. The Privilege of the Open Road

    • James Penha
    Pages 223-226

  16. American Travel Encounters with Fascist Italy

    • David Aliano
    Pages 227-259

  17. Flicking the Switch

    • Ron Anteroinen
    Pages 261-264

  18. Homo Viator: Knowledge of the Earth and Theory of the World in the Age of the First Transatlantic Voyages

    • Peter Carravetta
    Pages 265-287

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 289-301
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About this book

This book continues the exploration of themes either neglected or devalued by others working in the field of philosophy and culture. The authors in this volume consider the domain of travel from the broadest and most diverse of philosophical perspectives, covering everyday topics ranging from commuting and vacation travel to immigration and forced relocation.  Our time in transit, our being in transit, and our time at rest, whether by choice or edict, has always been at issue, always been at play (and has always been in motion, if you will), for our species. The essays collected here explore the possibilities of the material impact of being able to move or stay put, as well as being forced to go or prevented from leaving.


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“Philosophy, Travel, and Place: Being in Transit is an engaging and innovative excursion into philosophical, cultural and political aspects of human movement. The essays in this anthology explore territories often ignored or overlooked by others and offer readers the possibility to rethink and reconsider travel and place in important ways.” (Ravi Perry, Chair of the Department of Political Science, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)

Editors and Affiliations

  • College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York, USA

    Ron Scapp

  • Babson College, Babson Park, USA

    Brian Seitz

About the editors

Ron Scapp is the founding director of the Graduate Program in Urban and Multicultural Education at College of Mount Saint Vincent, where he is also a professor of humanities and teacher education. He is the author, editor, and co-editor of numerous books on education, politics, and culture.

Brian Seitz is Professor of Philosophy at Babson College. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books on philosophy and culture. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Philosophy, Travel, and Place

  • Book Subtitle: Being in Transit

  • Editors: Ron Scapp, Brian Seitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98225-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98224-3Published: 19 December 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40486-4Published: 18 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98225-0Published: 11 December 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 301

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy of Man, Popular Culture

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