Description
| Product ID: | 9781844676699 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Radical Thinkers Set 05 |
| Title: | Postmodern Geographies |
| Subtitle: | The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory |
| Authors: | Author: Edward W Soja |
| Page Count: | 228 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Social theory, Social theory |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Classic work of geography analysing the new possibilities for spatial thought Postmodern Geographies stands as the cardinal broadcast and defence of theory’s “spatial turn.” From the suppression of space in modern social science and the disciplinary aloofness of geography to the spatial returns of Foucault and Lefebvre and the construction of Marxist geographies alert to urbanization and global development, renowned geographer Edward W. Soja details the trajectory of this turn and lays out its key debates. An expanded critique of historicism and a refined grasp of materialist dialectics bolster Soja’s attempt to introduce geography to postmodernity, animating a series of engagements with Heidegger, Giddens, Castells, and others. Two exploratory essays on the postfordist landscapes of Los Angeles complete the book, offering a glimpse of Soja’s new geography carried into its highest register. |
| Imprint Name: | Verso Books |
| Publisher Name: | Verso Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-01-10 |
