Mapping the Subject

Geographies of Cultural Transformation
Erscheinungsjahr 1995
ISBN: 978-0-415-10226-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 428 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 934 g

Rejecting static and reductionist understandings of subjectivity, this book asks how people find their place in the world. Mapping the Subject is an inter-disciplinary exploration of subjectivity, which focuses on the importance of space in the constitution of acting, thinking, feeling individuals.
The authors develop their arguments through detailed case studies and clear theoretical expositions. Themes discussed are organised into four parts: constructing the subject, sexuality and subjectivity, the limits of identity, and the politics of the subject.
There is, here, a commitment to mapping the subject - a subject which is in some ways fluid, in other ways fixed; which is located in constantly unfolding power, knowledge and social relationships. This book is, moreover, about new maps for the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pile, Steve

Thrift, Nigel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction; 2: Mapping the Subject; I: Constructing the Subject; 3: Knowing the Individual; 4: Maps and Polar Regions; 5: ‘The Art of Right Living'; 6: Families and Domestic Routines; II: Sexuality and Subjectivity; 7: The Sexed Self; 8: Women on Trial; 9: Men, Heterosexualities and Emotional Life; III: The Limits of Identity; 10: Mapping ‘Mad' Identities; 11: Bodies without Organs; 12: Exploring the Subject in Hyper-Reality; 13: Migrant Selves and Stereotypes; IV: The Politics of the Subject; 14: Time, Space and Otherness 1; 15: Subject to Change without Notice; 16: Making Space for the Female Subject of Feminism; 17: Ethnic Entrepreneurs and Street Rebels; 18: Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Pile, Nigel Thrift