Allen Lost Geographies of Power

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77514-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: RGS-IBG Book Series

This original study explores the difference that space andspatiality make to the understanding of power.
* * Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to anunderstanding of power.
* Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into socialtheory.
* Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses andmanifestations of cultural, economic and political power in thesecond half of the twentieth century.
* Illustrated with cases and examples.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Chapter 1: Introduction: Lost Geographies.
Part I: Spatial Vocabularies of Power.
Chapter 2: Power in Things: Weber's Footnotes from theCentre.
Chapter 3: Power through mobilization: From Mann's NetworkedProductions to Castells' Networked Fictions.
Chapter 4: Power as an Immanent Affair: Foucault and Deleuze'sTopographical Detail.
Part II: Lost Geographies.
Chapter 5: Power in its Various Guises (and Disguises).
Chapter 6: Proximity and Reach: Were There Powers at a Distancebefore Latour?
Chapter 7: Placing Power, or the Mischief Done by ThinkingDomination is Everywhere.
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Misplaced Power.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography at the OpenUniversity. His recent publications include Rethinking theRegion: Spaces of Neoliberalism (1998, with Doreen Massey and AllanCochrane) and Human Geography Today (1999, with DoreenMassey and Phil Sarre).