This is the first work to explicitly target Bourdieu's philosophy of space as a basic organizing force for his social theory. It draws together his work on both social space and physical space, and it applies the logic that binds them together to problems of architecture and urb…
This book successfully illuminates these embedded experiences, questioning how to understand space as a multiple, dynamic, intangible, yet present, form of knowledge. Building from a history of philosopher's and geographer's theories of space, Rob Shields convincingly presents t…
"Rob Shields provides here an immensely sophisticated and detailed examination of the topological turn. He has been examining these issues for some decades and this book will surely become the standard work on cultural and spatial topology"--John Urry, Distinguished Professor, D…
The globalization of space: Foucault and heterotopia
The work of Michel Foucault has been influential in the analysis of space in a variety of disciplines, most notably in geography and politics. This collection of essays is the first to focus on what Foucault termed 'heterotopias', spaces that exhibit multiple layers of meaning a…
The globalization of space: Foucault and heterotopia
Pt. 1. State and hegemony -- pt. 2. Movement, marginality, containment -- pt. 3. Seas and ships -- pt. 4. Animals, energy and ecology.
The globalization of space: Foucault and heterotopia
The globalization of space: Foucault and heterotopia
The work of Michel Foucault has been influential in the analysis of space in a variety of disciplines, most notably in geography and politics. This collection of essays is the first to focus on what Foucault termed 'heterotopias', spaces that exhibit multiple layers of meaning a…
The globalization of space: Foucault and heterotopia
