Edward S. Casey is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SUNY, Stony Brook. He is author of several books, including Getting Back into Place, Imagining, and Remembering. The World on Edge is a sequel to his book The World at a Glance.

Casey brings the reader to new edges of philosophical thought in this book. . . . Recommended.(Choice)

• AcknowledgmentsPrelude Introduction: Thinking Edges, Edges of ThinkingPart One: Sorting Out EdgesPreface to Part One1. Panoply of Edges 2. Borders and Boundaries Interlude I: Cusps, Traces, Veils3. Edges and Surfaces, Edges and Limits4 . Edges of Places and EventsPart Two: Constructed versus Naturally Given EdgesPreface to Part Two5. Natural versus Artifactual Edges6. Wild EdgesInterlude II: Listening to Edges in Music 7. Landscape Edges8. Parks, Gardens, Neighborhoods, StreetsPart Three: Edges of Body and Psyche, Earth and Sky Preface to Part Three9. At the Edges of My Body10. Being on Edge and Falling Apart11. From Earth's Edge to the Sky and BeyondPart Four: Parting Shots A Concluding Point: Not to Put Too Fine an Edge on ThingsPostlude: Why Edges MatterEpilogue: Life on EdgeIndex

Edward S. Casey is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at SUNY, Stony Brook. He is author of several books, including Getting Back into Place, Imagining, and Remembering. The World on Edge is a sequel to his book The World at a Glance.

Casey brings the reader to new edges of philosophical thought in this book. . . . Recommended.(Choice)

• AcknowledgmentsPrelude Introduction: Thinking Edges, Edges of ThinkingPart One: Sorting Out EdgesPreface to Part One1. Panoply of Edges 2. Borders and Boundaries Interlude I: Cusps, Traces, Veils3. Edges and Surfaces, Edges and Limits4 . Edges of Places and EventsPart Two: Constructed versus Naturally Given EdgesPreface to Part Two5. Natural versus Artifactual Edges6. Wild EdgesInterlude II: Listening to Edges in Music 7. Landscape Edges8. Parks, Gardens, Neighborhoods, StreetsPart Three: Edges of Body and Psyche, Earth and Sky Preface to Part Three9. At the Edges of My Body10. Being on Edge and Falling Apart11. From Earth's Edge to the Sky and BeyondPart Four: Parting Shots A Concluding Point: Not to Put Too Fine an Edge on ThingsPostlude: Why Edges MatterEpilogue: Life on EdgeIndex