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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The example of Ginzburg's miller also points to the crucial importance of language as a creative element of discourse in terms of a particular group's penetration of social practice within a particular region , for language is still ...
The example of Ginzburg's miller also points to the crucial importance of language as a creative element of discourse in terms of a particular group's penetration of social practice within a particular region , for language is still ...
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The second prescription is that language must be taken seriously as an operator , and not just as a parameter , as an action and not just as a representation - language is not just a passive , static framework through which ' experience ...
The second prescription is that language must be taken seriously as an operator , and not just as a parameter , as an action and not just as a representation - language is not just a passive , static framework through which ' experience ...
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Little or no account is taken by either approach of the chief component of consciousness and , it might well be argued , the central human activity , namely ' language ' . In what follows , I will therefore want to take language ...
Little or no account is taken by either approach of the chief component of consciousness and , it might well be argued , the central human activity , namely ' language ' . In what follows , I will therefore want to take language ...
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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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