Meeting Place The Human Encounter and the Challenge of Coexistence |
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| Author:
| Carter, Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-8536-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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In this remarkable and often dazzling book, Paul Carter explores the conditions for sociability in a globalized future. He argues that we make many assumptions about communication but overlook barriers to understanding between strangers as well as the importance of improvisation in overcoming these obstacles to meeting, offering novel ways of presenting the philosophical dimensions of waiting, meeting, and non-meeting.
In this remarkable and often dazzling book, Paul Carter explores the conditions for sociability in a globalized future. He argues that we make many assumptions about communication but overlook barriers to understanding between strangers as well as the importance of improvisation in overcoming these obstacles to meeting, offering novel ways of presenting the philosophical dimensions of waiting, meeting, and non-meeting.