Remaking Human Geography - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0044453256 ISBN 13 : 9780044453253

Editeur : Routledge, 1989

Synopsis

This collection of essays is concerned with developing a dialogue between humanism and historical materialism in human geography. It demonstrates a greater sensitivity towards the meaning of "making history" and the interpenetration of human agency and social structure . In many ways the essays in this collection point to a movement beyond both relativism and absolutism and the authors suggest that humanism can no longer be portrayed as a parochialism in which the day-to-day lives of particular people in specific places is the single focus of study. Traditions have moved beyond those simple reductions towards a recognition of the complexity of human geographies, towards the realization that, as Mann puts it, "societies are much messier than our theories of them".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This book highlights the increasingly important contribution of geographical theory to the understanding of social change, values, economic & political organization and ethical imperatives. As a cohesive collection of chapters from well-known geographers in Britain and North America, it reflects the aims of the contributors in striving to bridge the gap between the historical-materialist and humanist interpretations of human geography. The book deals with both the contemporary issues outlined above and the situation in which they emerge: industrial restructuring, planning, women’s issues, social and cultural practices and the landscape as context for social action.

Biographie de l'auteur

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1989
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0044453256
• ISBN 13: 9780044453253
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Kobayashi Audrey, Mackenzie Suzanne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible