Lost Geographies of Power

1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-631-20728-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 519 g

This original study explores the difference that space and spatiality make to the understanding of power.

- Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power.

- Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory.

- Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second 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 the Centre.

Chapter 3: Power through mobilization: From Mann's Networked Productions to Castells' Networked Fictions.

Chapter 4: Power as an Immanent Affair: Foucault and Deleuze's Topographical Detail.

Part II: Lost Geographies.

Chapter 5: Power in its Various Guises (and Disguises).

Chapter 6: Proximity and Reach: Were There Powers at a Distance before Latour?

Chapter 7: Placing Power, or the Mischief Done by Thinking Domination is Everywhere.

Chapter 8: Conclusion: Misplaced Power.

Bibliography.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography at the Open University. His recent publications include Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neoliberalism (1998, with Doreen Massey and Allan Cochrane) and Human Geography Today (1999, with Doreen Massey and Phil Sarre).