Tourism and Culture in Philosophical Perspective

Marie-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).

• Part 1: Introduction.- 1 Philosophical Issues in Tourism.- Part 2: Truth: Reality, Knowledge and Disciplines.- 2 Who is a Tourist? Conceptual and Theoretical Developments.- 3 What is Tourism? Definitions, Theoretical Phases and Principles.- 4 Epistemology, Ontology and Tourism.- 5 Post-disciplinary Tourism.- 6 The End of Tourism? Nomadology and the Mobilities Paradigm.- Part 3: Beauty: Well-being, Aesthetics and Art.- 7 Tourism and Restoration.- 8 Aesthetic Pleasures: Contemplating Spiritual Tourism.- 9 Nature, Beauty and Tourism.- 10 Tourism and the Aesthetics of the Built Environment.- 11 Tourism and the Arts.- Part 4: Virtue: Ethics, Values and The Good Life.- 12 Ethics and Tourism.- 13 Good Actions in Tourism.- 14 Against ‘Ethical Tourism.- 15 Development and its Discontents: Ego-tripping Without Ethics or Idea(l)s.- 16 Transmodernity: Remaking Our (Tourism) World?.