Ratcliffe, Matthew James orcid.org/0000-0003-4519-4833 (2023) Lonely Places and Lonely People. TOPOI. ISSN 1572-8749
Abstract
Feeling lonely, being a lonely person, and living through lonely times can all be construed in terms of the emotional experiences of individuals. However, we also speak of lonely places. Sometimes, a place strikes us as lonely even when we do not feel lonely ourselves. On other occasions, finding a place lonely also involves feeling lonely, isolated, and lost. In this paper, I reflect on the phenomenological structure of loneliness by addressing what it is to experience a place as lonely. I suggest that approaching loneliness in this way can help us to see how it involves not merely the lack or absence of something but, more specifically, the sense of being unable to access social and personal possibilities that may still appear accessible to others.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2023 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > Philosophy (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2023 08:20 |
Last Modified: | 27 Mar 2025 00:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-023-09931-4 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11245-023-09931-4 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:198988 |