Across the disciplines, the study of space has undergone a profound
and sustained transformation. Space, place, mapping, and
geographical imaginations have become commonplace topics in a
variety of analytical fields in part because globalization has
accentuated the significance of location. While this transformation
has led to a renaissance in human geography, it also has manifested
itself in the humanities and other social sciences. The purpose of
this book is not to announce that space is significant, which by
now is well known, but to explore how space is analyzed by a
variety of disciplines, to compare and contrast these approaches,
identify commonalities, and explore how and why differences appear.
The volume includes works by 13 scholars from a variety of
geographical regions and disciplines. The chapters combine
up-to-date literature reviews concerning the role of space in each
discipline and several offer original empirical analyses. Some
chapters are concerned with Geography while others explore the role
of space in contemporary Anthropology, Sociology, Religion,
Political Science, Film, and Cultural Studies. The introduction
surveys the development of the spatial turn across the fields under
consideration. Despite frequent reference to the spatial turn, this
is the first volume to explicitly address how theory and practice
concerning space, is used in a variety of fields from diverse
conceptual perspectives. This book will appeal to everyone
conducting conceptual and theoretical research on space, not simply
in Geography, but in related fields as well.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Studies in Human Geography |
| Release date: |
September 2008 |
| First published: |
2009 |
| Editors: |
Barney Warf
• Santa Arias
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 56mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-77573-1 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
Geography >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-415-77573-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780415775731 |
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