Geography Matters! by Doreen Massey

Geography Matters! by Doreen Massey

Space and nature have long been the concerns of human geography, bound up with a strong sense of the importance of place. Understanding how society changes entails understanding the geography of social change. In this new reader, the editors argue for a new way of looking at the relationship between society and its spatial organization, between society and nature, and between the interdependence and unique character of places. First, through a selection of material ranging from the changing geography of class cultures, gender relations, city structures, state power to the processes of international law, the readings demonstrate that neither space nor society can be understood independently of the other. Social change involves spatial change and spatial change affects social organization. The two sides of the relation mediate a geography of change. Second, a number of the articles explore the relation between society and nature, and demonstrate that that, too involves a continuous and changing interrelationship. Nature cannot be understood outside of its social interpretation and use; equally nature, the environment, has an impact upon the quality and future of our lives. Third, this collection presents an approach to the geography of place which has methodological implications for all those in social science who are concerned with the central problem of appreciating the of outcomes without losing sight of general processes of chance. To grasp the dynamic relation between society, space and nature is important not only for human geography, but for all the social sciences. Geography Matters! brings together a wide range of articles, from both geographers and non-geographers. It addresses a series of economic, political and cultural issues from a geographical angle that will put the social distinctiveness of place back on the agenda for all the social sciences.

From 1982 to 2009, Doreen Massey (1944-2016) was a professor of geography at the Open University. Before joining the OU, she worked at the Centre for Environmental Studies in London, which was notoriously dissolved by Margaret Thatcher's government. She was a fellow of the British Academy and the winner of the Prix Vautrin Lud, known as the Nobel Prize of geography.

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ISBN 13	9780521317085
ISBN 10	0521317088
Title	Geography Matters!
Author	Doreen Massey
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	1984-11-22
Number of pages	216
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