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OverviewThis book offers a philosophical approach to tourism as a permanent factor in the lifestyle, economy, and culture of the contemporary global community. Travel to well-known destinations and pursuit of an ever-increasing range of leisure activities are an aspiration of most humans today. Those not themselves engaged in tourist activities are quite often involved in providing the goods and services which make tourism possible. Yet the ill effects of mass tourism and overtourism on sensitive ecosystems, resources, and community life have begun to outweigh economic gains, threatening to destroy destinations, cultural heritage, and livelihoods. The editors and contributors of this collection reflect on the nature and meaning of tourism, its history, elements, and forms, the roles of tourist and host, the limits of hospitality, tendencies to excess and the reasons why we engage in such forms of behaviour, and the place of tourism in human culture as a whole. By shedding light on these questions, more efficacious solutions to the urgent problems raised by the practice of tourism can be found. This work is a must-read for scholars, teachers, and students engaged in study and research on philosophy of culture, philosophical anthropology, tourist and destination management, human factors engineering, and sustainability. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marie-Élise Zovko , John DillonPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2023 Weight: 0.692kg ISBN: 9783031366581ISBN 10: 3031366581 Pages: 295 Publication Date: 11 November 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1 Philosophical Issues in Tourism John Tribe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Part 2: Truth: Reality, Knowledge and Disciplines 2 Who is a Tourist? Conceptual and Theoretical Developments Scott McCabe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 3 What is Tourism? Definitions, Theoretical Phases and Principles Alexandre Panosso Netto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 4 Epistemology, Ontology and Tourism Maureen Ayikoru. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 5 Post-disciplinary Tourism Tim Coles, C. Michael Hall and David Timothy Duval . . . . . . . . . . .80 6 The End of Tourism? Nomadology and the Mobilities Paradigm Kevin Hannam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Part 3: Beauty: Well-being, Aesthetics and Art 7 Tourism and Restoration Balvinder Kaur Kler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 8 Aesthetic Pleasures: Contemplating Spiritual Tourism Shalini Singh and Tej Vir Singh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 9 Nature, Beauty and Tourism Cain Samuel Todd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 10 Tourism and the Aesthetics of the Built Environment Robert Maitland and Andrew Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 11 Tourism and the Arts Brian Wheeller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Part 4: Virtue: Ethics, Values and The Good Life 12 Ethics and Tourism David Fennell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 13 Good Actions in Tourism Tazim Jamal and Christopher Menzel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 14 Against ‘Ethical Tourism’ Jim Butcher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 15 Development and its Discontents: Ego-tripping Without Ethics or Idea(l)s? Mick Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 16 Transmodernity: Remaking Our (Tourism) World? Irena Ateljevic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278ReviewsAuthor InformationMarie-Élise Zovko is a Senior Research Fellow with tenure at the Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia, specialising in Platonism, Spinoza, Kant, German idealism and Romantic philosophy. John M. Dillon is Professor Emeritus, a Classicist, Philosopher, and internationally renowned expert on Platonism. Professor Dillon taught at the University of California, Berkeley, USA (1969–1980), and served as Regius Professor of Classics, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (1980–2006). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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