Key Thinkers on Space and Place

by Phil Hubbard

• ISBN13: 9781849201018
• ISBN10: 1849201013
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-08
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

Summary

In this new edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place, editors Phil Hubbard and Rob Kitchin provide us with a fully revised and updated text that highlights the work of over 65 key thinkers on space and place. Unique in its concept, the book is a comprehensive guide to the life and work of some of the key thinkers particularly influential in the current 'spatial turn' in the social sciences.Providing a synoptic overview of different ideas about the role of space and place in contemporary social, cultural, political and economic life, each portrait comprises:'¢ biographical information and theoretical context'¢ an explication of their contribution to spatial thinking'¢ an overview of key advances and controversies'¢ guidance to further readingWith 14 additional chapters including entries on Saskia Sassen, Tim Ingold, Cindi Katz and John Urry, the book covers ideas ranging from humanism, Marxism, feminism and post-structuralism to queer-theory, post-colonialism, globalization and deconstruction presenting a thorough look at diverse ways in which space and place has been theorized. An essential text for geographers, this now classic reference text is for all those interested in theories of space and place, whether in geography, sociology, cultural studies, urban studies, planning, anthropology, or women's studies.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction: Why Key Thinkers?

Benedict Anderson

Mark Augé

Trevor Barnes

Jean Baudrillard

Zygmunt Bauman

Ulrich Beck

Brian Berry

Homi K Bhabha

Pierre Bourdieu

Judith Butler

Anne Buttimer

Manuel Castells

Michel de Certeau

Stuart E Corbridge

Denis Cosgrove

Mike Davis

Michael Dear

Gilles Deleuze

Peter Dicken

Arturo Escobar

Michel Foucault

J K Gibson-Graham

Anthony Giddens

Reginald Golledge

Derek Gregory

Torsten Hagerstrand

Peter Haggett

Stuart Hall

Donna Haraway

J Brian Harley

David Harvey

bell hooks

Tim Ingold

Peter Jackson

Cindi Katz

Bruno Latour

Henri Lefebvre

David Ley

Kevin Lynch

Doreen Massey

Linda McDowell

Anssi Paasi

Allan Pred

Gillian Rose

Edward W Said

Saskia Sassen

Andrew Sayer

Amartya Sen

David Sibley

Neil Smith

Edward J Soja

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Michael Storper

Peter Taylor

Nigel Thrift

Gerard Toal

Waldo Tobler

Yi-Fu Tuan

John Urry

Paul Virilio

Immanuel Wallerstein

Michael J Watts

Benno Werlen

Raymond Williams

Alan Wilson

Iris Marion Young

Glossary

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