Post-structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational SpaceSAGE, 2005 M11 22 - 232 pages ′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. |
Contents
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Theories | 27 |
Chapter 2 Spaces of discipline and government | 29 |
Chapter 3 Spaces of heterogeneous association | 56 |
Chapter 4 Space in a network topology | 78 |
Cases | 103 |
the case of nature | 107 |
the case of planning | 131 |
the case of food | 160 |
Chapter 8 Poststructuralist ecologies | 184 |
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