基本説明
A highly accessible introduction to post-structuralist theory that critically assesses how post-structuralism can be used to study space and place.
Full Description
'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
Post-structuralism and Relational Space
PART ONE: THEORIES
Spaces of Discipline and Government
Spaces of Heterogeneous Association
Space in a Network Topology
PART TWO: CASES
Dis/Ordering Space I
The Case of Nature
Dis/Ordering Space II
The Case of Planning
Dis/Ordering Space III
The Case of Food
Post-structuralist Ecologies
