The Transformation of a Place

Being and Nothingness

This thematic thread follows how a location becomes a meaningful situation through the projects and limits of freedom.

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A Place Given A Place Given from "Being and Nothingness". A Place Given Contingent Location A person finds a place among things without choosing the original fact of being there. The place is part of facticity.

A Place Given from "Being and Nothingness". A Place Given Contingent Location A person finds a place among things without choosing the original fact of being there. The place is part of facticity.

A Place Given Contingent Location A person finds a place among things without choosing the original fact of being there. The place is part of facticity. No Neutral Geography The location becomes meaningful only through relations to possible action, distance, access, and obstruction.

The World From Here The World From Here from "Being and Nothingness". The World From Here A Center of Reference The for-itself gives the world a univocal orientation.

The World From Here from "Being and Nothingness". The World From Here A Center of Reference The for-itself gives the world a univocal orientation.

The World From Here A Center of Reference The for-itself gives the world a univocal orientation. Objects appear at distances and in directions relative to its situated body. Freedom's Role The center is not chosen from nowhere; it is the contingent place from which freedom acts and understands.

The Summit as Goal The Summit as Goal from "Being and Nothingness". The Summit as Goal Meaning Through Project A mountain may appear as obstacle, viewpoint, or destination.

The Summit as Goal from "Being and Nothingness". The Summit as Goal Meaning Through Project A mountain may appear as obstacle, viewpoint, or destination.

The Summit as Goal Meaning Through Project A mountain may appear as obstacle, viewpoint, or destination. Its meaning depends on the end toward which the person surpasses it. Reciprocal Dependence The end illuminates the place, while the place supplies the concrete conditions through which the end can be pursued.

Mont-de-Marsan and New York Mont-de-Marsan and New York from "Being and Nothingness". Mont-de-Marsan and New York Distance as Meaning A town may feel remote only in relation to a projected destination.

Mont-de-Marsan and New York from "Being and Nothingness". Mont-de-Marsan and New York Distance as Meaning A town may feel remote only in relation to a projected destination.

Mont-de-Marsan and New York Distance as Meaning A town may feel remote only in relation to a projected destination. The same place can be home, refuge, or exile under another project. Chosen Situation Geography does not mechanically decide the person's ends. Freedom gives distance its practical and emotional significance.

Situation as Freedom and Fact

Situation as Freedom and Fact Joined Conditions The situation is neither a subjective invention nor a neutral objective arrangement. It is facticity illuminated by a freely chosen end. Consequence Freedom exists only in a resistant world, and the world becomes a situation only through freedom's projects.

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, discussion of place

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, analysis of spatiality

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, examples of place and ends

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, discussion of exile and distance

Part Four, Chapter One, Section II, conclusion