who I am?

Who Am I?: An Autobiography of Emotion, Mind, and Spirit

✨This is the first publication of the complete autobiography of Yi-Fu Tuan, the father of humanistic geography, including unpublished speeches and a 10,000-word translation afterword. This life-writing piece, grappling with both self and others, offers a panoramic view of Tuan's rich and sensitive inner world, a woven tapestry of emotion, thought, and spirit, as he discerns the meaning and value of individual life in ordinary objects and events. Highly recommended by renowned historical geographer Ge Jianxiong and cultural geographer Professor Zhou Shangyi!
From the cosmos to the hearth, this film chronicles Yi-Fu Duan's remarkable, contradictory life. Following in the footsteps of his diplomat father, the young Duan Yi-Fu ascended to the world stage, becoming the center of attention. Yet, as an adult, he retreated to the confines of academia to contemplate life. While most people journey from the self to the world, he journeyed from the world to the self. What does this contradictory life entail? Is it an escape, or a quest for the soul?
❤️Unveiling his hidden emotional life, he confronts the loss of vitality and his longing for intimacy. His immense attachment to his mother and his delicate relationship with his father profoundly shaped Yifu Tuan's personality. Humboldt-like emotions, secretive and profound, leave Yifu, who has chosen to remain single, unmarried, facing the dilemma brought on by this lack of intimacy.
📖Retracing his academic career, this book showcases the ideas of humanistic geography. Linking together ten of Duan's books, including Topophilia, Space and Place, Making Pets, and Escapism, his academic career is his home, and each book is like a room waiting to be explored.
❓ Pointing to the eternal spiritual world, he attempts to answer the ultimate question, "Who am I?" "Self-examination allows me to better understand who I am, while examining the outside world allows me to more clearly understand the nature of external reality." In this back-and-forth examination of self and others, Tuan Yifu, like an ancient Greek, ponders the relationship between the tiny individual and eternal destiny.
🟦Bringing together a vision of innovation, this book is crafted by cutting-edge designer Chen Weishen, breaking with tradition and breaking with convention! The Mondrian-inspired blue and green contrasting cover creates a postmodernist aesthetic, highlighting Yi-Fu Tuan's unique personality. The embossed blue inner cover uses lines and color blocks to depict the longitude and latitude of Yi-Fu Tuan's life.
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【Content Introduction】
Nearing his seventies, renowned Chinese-American geographer Yi-Fu Tuan, the father of humanistic geography, reflects on his life. He places his childhood within the larger world of the world, reminiscing about his years studying in Europe and the United States, discussing his reasons for choosing geography, and sharing his own physical and mental traits, offering a candid and sincere self-analysis and reflection.
Having traversed diverse cultures, from China to Australia and the Philippines to the UK and the US, Yifu Tuan is a true cosmopolitan. His world extends beyond actions and events to concepts and ideas, transcending narrow localism to embrace the vastness of human civilization. How can one discern the meaning of individual life in ordinary things and events? What constitutes a good life? Tuan's experiences may be unique, but his questions are universal. It is precisely because of this that his concepts and ideas possess enduring value that transcends time and space.
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【About the author and translator】
Yi-fu Tuan (1930-2022)
A Chinese-American geographer, the father of humanistic geography, he is known as the "Little Prince" of geography. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Born in Tianjin into a family of officials, he grew up in China and abroad, studied in Europe and the United States, and taught for a long time at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin. His representative works include Topophilia, Space and Place, and Escapism.
Translator:
Zhicheng, a translator, graduated from the Faculty of Geographical Sciences of Beijing Normal University. He has translated works such as "Going Home" and "Love for the Place".
Liu Su currently teaches at Southwest University. He has translated "Topophilia", "Place and No Place", "Home", "Humanistic Geography", etc., and has written works such as "A Study on Local Identity of Scavengers in Jiading District, Shanghai".
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Related comments
To understand what human geography is, one must read Yi-Fu Tuan's books. To understand who he is, one must read Who Am I? From China to the world, this world-renowned human geographer has been searching for his place. The question "Who am I?" haunts him, and it also haunts us.
——Ge Jianxiong (renowned historical geographer, senior professor at Fudan University)
Mr. Duan hopes that people will realize that it is not only so-called unique or great people who can have insight into the world and understand geography. Every ordinary person is also a unique person. They can generate their own geographical knowledge and concepts by constantly observing and understanding the world, so as to live their life more clearly and independently.
— Zhou Shangyi (Professor of the Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Beijing Normal University)

2023-08-01

上海书店出版社

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9787545822724