Bibliograph

Postmodern geographies, the reassertion of space in critical social theory, Edward W. Soja

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Postmodern geographies, the reassertion of space in critical social theory, Edward W. Soja

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-257) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Postmodern geographies

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

696189301

Responsibility statement

Edward W. Soja

Series statement

Radical thinkers

Sub title

the reassertion of space in critical social theory

Summary

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.--publisher description

Table Of Contents

History: Geography: Modernity -- Spatializations: Marxist Geography and Critical Social Theory -- The Socio-spatial Dialectic -- Urban and Regional Debates: the First Round -- Reassertions: Towards a Spatialized Ontology -- Spatializations: A Critique of the Giddensian Version -- The Historical Geography of Urban and Regional Restructuring -- It All Comes Together in Los Angeles -- Taking Los Angeles Apart: Towards a Postmodern Geography

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