Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory

Edward W Soja

Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Verso Books
Country
United Kingdom
Published
10 January 2011
Pages
228
ISBN
9781844676699

Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory

Edward W Soja

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.

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