Lost Geographies of Power
Published on 8. May 2008
232 pages
978-0-470-77514-1 (ISBN)
Description
This original study explores the difference that space andspatiality make to the understanding of power.
* * Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to anunderstanding of power.
* Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into socialtheory.
* Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses andmanifestations of cultural, economic and political power in thesecond half of the twentieth century.
* Illustrated with cases and examples.
Reviews / Votes
"Allen moves the debate on power into the everyday effects ofhuman social action. In so doing he not only enriches the debate innumerous ways but also shows how theoretical discussion of powercan no longer avoid addressing power's inherentspatiality." John Agnew, Department of Geography, UCLA "John Allen provides new maps of the spatiality of power.The wonderful thing is not just that some familiar accounts arerevitalised, but also that new forms of understanding power areborn." Professor Nigel Thrift John Allen offers us a refreshing and provocative account ofpower in social theory, attending in particular to one of itsmissing dimensions, that of space ... this is an attractive book,welcome in particular for its attention to the complexities andmultiple modalities of power." American Journal of Sociology "Lost Geographies of Powers is a subtle and well arguedbook. It deserves a wider readership than its title suggests andshould be read by social scientists in general, not justgeographers." AreaMore details
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John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography at the OpenUniversity. His recent publications include Rethinking theRegion: Spaces of Neoliberalism (1998, with Doreen Massey and AllanCochrane) and Human Geography Today (1999, with DoreenMassey and Phil Sarre).
Content
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Lost Geographies.
Part I: Spatial Vocabularies of Power.
Chapter 2: Power in Things: Weber's Footnotes from theCentre.
Chapter 3: Power through mobilization: From Mann's NetworkedProductions to Castells' Networked Fictions.
Chapter 4: Power as an Immanent Affair: Foucault and Deleuze'sTopographical Detail.
Part II: Lost Geographies.
Chapter 5: Power in its Various Guises (and Disguises).
Chapter 6: Proximity and Reach: Were There Powers at a Distancebefore Latour?
Chapter 7: Placing Power, or the Mischief Done by ThinkingDomination is Everywhere.
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Misplaced Power.
Bibliography.
Index.
