
Post-structuralist Geography
A Guide to Relational Space
Jon Murdoch(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 22. November 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-0-7619-7424-6 (ISBN)
Description
'Murdoch has written a book that is a welcome contribution to an ongoing debate about the nature of geography' - Area (Royal Geographical Society)
Post-structuralist Geography is a highly accessible introduction to post-structuralist theory that critically assesses how post-structuralism can be used to study space and place.
The text comprises:
- a thorough appraisal of the work of key post-structuralist thinkers, including Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Bruno Latour
- case studies to elucidate, illustrate, and apply the theory
- boxed summaries of complex arguments which - with the engaging writing style - provide a clear overview of post-structuralist approaches to the study of space and place.
Comprehensive and comprehensible - communicating a new and exciting agenda for human geography - Post-structuralist Geography is the students' essential guide to the theoretical literature.
Post-structuralist Geography is a highly accessible introduction to post-structuralist theory that critically assesses how post-structuralism can be used to study space and place.
The text comprises:
- a thorough appraisal of the work of key post-structuralist thinkers, including Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Bruno Latour
- case studies to elucidate, illustrate, and apply the theory
- boxed summaries of complex arguments which - with the engaging writing style - provide a clear overview of post-structuralist approaches to the study of space and place.
Comprehensive and comprehensible - communicating a new and exciting agenda for human geography - Post-structuralist Geography is the students' essential guide to the theoretical literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-7424-6 (9780761974246)
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Content
Post-structuralism and Relational Space
PART ONE: THEORIES
Spaces of Discipline and Government
Spaces of Heterogeneous Association
Space in a Network Topology
PART TWO: CASES
Dis/Ordering Space I
The Case of Nature
Dis/Ordering Space II
The Case of Planning
Dis/Ordering Space III
The Case of Food
Post-structuralist Ecologies
PART ONE: THEORIES
Spaces of Discipline and Government
Spaces of Heterogeneous Association
Space in a Network Topology
PART TWO: CASES
Dis/Ordering Space I
The Case of Nature
Dis/Ordering Space II
The Case of Planning
Dis/Ordering Space III
The Case of Food
Post-structuralist Ecologies