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Yi-Fu Tuan

(1930–2022) Geographer United States

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Yi-Fu Tuan was a geographer from the United States, best known for Landscapes of fear.

Quick Facts About Yi-Fu Tuan

Born: December 5, 1930
Died: August 10, 2022
Nationality: United States
Profession: Geographer
Notable works: Landscapes of fear

About Yi-Fu Tuan

Yi-Fu Tuan was a Chinese-born American geographer and writer. He was one of the key figures in human geography and an important originator of humanistic geography.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Cullum Geographical Medal Guggenheim Fellowship Vautrin Lud Prize Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow of the British Academy Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Quotes by Yi-Fu Tuan

In a sense, every human construction, whether mental or material, is a component in a landscape of fear because it exists in…

Adults

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I feel a reassuring oneness with other people when I find that even my most intimate, anguished, socially inadmissible emotions and desires…

Book

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A spontaneous act of generosity, performed with unselfish grace is an example of moral beauty, as are certain acts of courage; genuine…

Acts of courage

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Lucidity, I maintain, is almost always desirable.

Desirable

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A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.

Cities

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All creative effort - including the making of an omelet - is preceded by destruction.

Creative

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Geography is the study of earth as the home of people

Earth

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Animals are like humans, only more openly carnal and sexual, more openly and therefore more disarmingly absurd.

Absurd

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Place is security, space is freedom.

Cybersecurity

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It is by thoughtful reflection that the elusive moments of the past draw near to us in present reality and gain a…

Draws

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