Description
Product ID: | 9781849201025 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Key Thinkers on Space and Place |
Authors: | Author: Phil Hubbard, Rob Kitchin |
Page Count: | 528 |
Subjects: | Human geography, Human geography |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Critically acclaimed and widely used across the social sciences, this new edition adds 14 new thinkers to an already impressive list. In this latest edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place, editors Phil Hubbard and Rob Kitchin provide us with a fully revised and updated text that highlights the work of over 65 key thinkers on space and place. Unique in its concept, the book is a comprehensive guide to the life and work of some of the key thinkers particularly influential in the current ′spatial turn′ in the social sciences. Providing a synoptic overview of different ideas about the role of space and place in contemporary social, cultural, political and economic life, each portrait comprises:
With 14 additional chapters including entries on Saskia Sassen, Tim Ingold, Cindi Katz and John Urry, the book covers ideas ranging from humanism, Marxism, feminism and post-structuralism to queer-theory, post-colonialism, globalization and deconstruction, presenting a thorough look at diverse ways in which space and place has been theorized. |
Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2010-11-12 |