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For a New Geography (Paperback)
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For the first time in English, a key work of critical geography
Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese, For a New Geography is
a milestone in the history of critical geography, and it marked the
emergence of its author, Milton Santos (1926–2001), as a major
interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian
public intellectual, and one of the foremost global theorists of
space. Published in the midst of a crisis in geographical thought,
For a New Geography functioned as a bridge between geography’s
past and its future. In advancing his vision of a geography of
action and liberation, Santos begins by turning to the roots of
modern geography and its colonial legacies. Moving from a critique
of the shortcomings of geography from the field’s foundations as
a modern science to the outline of a new field of critical
geography, he sets forth both an ontology of space and a
methodology for geography. In so doing, he introduces novel
theoretical categories to the analysis of space. It is, in short,
both a critique of the Northern, Anglo-centric discipline from
within and a systematic critique of its flaws and assumptions from
outside. Critical geography has developed in the past four decades
into a heterogenous and creative field of enquiry. Though accruing
a set of theoretical touchstones in the process, it has become
detached from a longer and broader history of geographical thought.
For a New Geography reconciles these divergent histories. Arriving
in English at a time of renewed interest in alternative
geographical traditions and the history of radical geography, it
takes its place in the canonical works of critical
geography.Â
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