Post-structuralist Geography: A Guide to Relational Space / Edition 1

by Jon Murdoch

Overview

Post-structuralist Geography is a highly accessible introduction to post-structuralist theory that critically assesses how post-structuralism can be used to study space and place.

Key Features

• Offers a thorough appraisal of the work of key post-structuralist thinkers, including Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, and Bruno Latour
• Provides case studies to elucidate, illustrate, and apply the theory 
• Presents boxed summaries of complex arguments which - with the engaging writing style - provide a clear overview of post-structuralist approaches to the study of space and place

Comprehensive and comprehensible - communicating a new and exciting agenda for human geography - Post-structuralist Geography is the students' essential guide to the theoretical literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761974246
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/15/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.49(d)

Table of Contents

Post-structuralism and Relational Space
PART ONE: THEORIES
Spaces of Discipline and Government
Spaces of Heterogeneous Association
Space in a Network Topology
PART TWO: CASES
Dis/Ordering Space I
The Case of Nature
Dis/Ordering Space II
The Case of Planning
Dis/Ordering Space III
The Case of Food
Post-structuralist Ecologies