Social imaginaries of space concepts and cases
Travelling through various historical and geographical contexts, Social Imaginaries of Space explores diverse forms of spatiality, examining the interconnections which shape different social collectives. Proposing a theory on how space is intrinsically linked to the making of societies, this book ex...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
Edward Elgar Publishing
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | New horizons in human geography
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Travelling through various historical and geographical contexts, Social Imaginaries of Space explores diverse forms of spatiality, examining the interconnections which shape different social collectives. Proposing a theory on how space is intrinsically linked to the making of societies, this book examines the history of the spatiality of modern states and nations and the social collectives of Western modernity in a contemporary light 9. Concept 4: post-national political imaginaries of space10. Case 5: post-national imaginary of New York Italianness; 11. Case 6: post-national imaginaries of nature; 12. Epiphany: Leviathan at the border; Bibliography; Index of concepts; Index of names Front Matter; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the cover image; 1. Framing the spatial dimension of social imaginaries; 2. Concept 1: social imaginaries and space; 3. Case 1: competing imaginaries of nature in Yosemite; 4. Concept 2: state imaginary of territory; 5. Case 2: England at the time of the Tudors and Stuarts, or the self-representation of the modern state; 6. Case 3: science and state imaginary in colonial Indochina; 7. Concept 3: the singularity of the national imaginary; 8. Case 4: nationalist rhetoric of space and of time in Paris, Washington and some other places |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 185-202 |
| Beschreibung: | ix, 209 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781788973861 978-1-78897-386-1 |