Spatial FormationsThis essential guide to social theory and space is written by one of the leading writers in the field. Nigel Thrift explores the interconnections among people, places and things and demonstrates why they must be examined in relation to each other rather than in isolation - as is too often the case. Spatial Formations presents a formidable analysis of how space is socially constructed, unmade and reconstructed. Thrift provides the reader with a direct understanding of how social theory can be used to make sense of spatial forms and practices, and how spatial relations are made durable over space and time. These themes are developed through case studies, ranging from medieval time consciousness to the modern usage of m |
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by individuals , and of the practices ( activities , etc. ) ... Thus motivation and intentionality may characterise human activity , but they do not have to characterise social structure or transformations in it .
by individuals , and of the practices ( activities , etc. ) ... Thus motivation and intentionality may characterise human activity , but they do not have to characterise social structure or transformations in it .
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activity . Moreover , when social forms change , the explanation will not normally lie in the desires of agents to change them that way , though as a very important theoretical and political limit it may do so . ( Bhaskar , 1979 , p .
activity . Moreover , when social forms change , the explanation will not normally lie in the desires of agents to change them that way , though as a very important theoretical and political limit it may do so . ( Bhaskar , 1979 , p .
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In this conception every adult personality appears as a series of sedimented activity - experiences carried forward in time at the tip of the life path . These activity - experiences have taught us ' how to do ' and therefore ' how to ...
In this conception every adult personality appears as a series of sedimented activity - experiences carried forward in time at the tip of the life path . These activity - experiences have taught us ' how to do ' and therefore ' how to ...
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| Título | Spatial Formations Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Autor | Nigel Thrift |
| Edición | ilustrada |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0803985452, 9780803985452 |
| Largo | 384 páginas |
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