Meaning in the Metropolis

Auteur

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.

Texte du rabat

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.

Contenu

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