Reading Human Geography The Poetics And Politics by Derek Gregory

Reading Human Geography The Poetics And Politics by Derek Gregory

Concentrating on post-positivist geography, this book makes available important examples of contemporary texts which have informed current thinking about the nature of geography. The authors discuss the relations between geography and philosophy, to moral philosophy and to aesthetics. They identify some of the important ways in which the changing relation with philosophy has informed philosophical practice, and sketch in the historico-philosophical foundations of modern geography. However, their interest is primarily in later developments which they present in their own right, rather than as mere responses to spatial science. Editorial commentary at the beginning of each section provides essential information, and puts the selected essays in a broader context, indicating parallel debates in the other social sciences and humanities.

Derek Gregory is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Ron Johnston is Professor of Geography at the University of Bristol.

Geraldine Pratt is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Michael J. Watts is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley.

Sarah Whatmore is Professor of Environment and Public Policy at the University of Oxford.

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ISBN 13	9780340632086
ISBN 10	0340632089
Title	Reading Human Geography The Poetics And Politics
Author	Derek Gregory
Series	Arnold Readers In Geography Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	1996-11-01
Number of pages	448
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