For space
Presenting an impassioned argument for revitalising our imagination of space, Doreen Massey takes on some well-established assumptions from philosophy, and some familiar ways of characterising the twenty-first century world, and shows how they restrain our understanding of both the challenge and the potential of space.
viii, 222 p. : il., mapas ; 25 cm
9781412903622, 9781412903615, 1412903629, 1412903610
318404815
PART ONE: SETTING THE SCENEOpening PropositionsPART TWO: UNPROMISING ASSOCIATIONSSpace/RepresentationThe Prison-House of SynchronyThe Horizontalities of DeconstructionThe Life in SpacePART THREE: LIVING IN SPATIAL TIMES?Spatializing the History of ModernityInstantaneity/DepthlessnessAspatial Globalization(Contrary to Popular Opinion) Space Cannot Be Annihilated by TimeElements for AlternativesPART FOUR: RE-ORIENTATIONSSlices through SpaceThe Elusiveness of PlacePART FIVE: A RELATIONAL POLITICS OF THE SPATIAL′Throwntogetherness′: The Politics of the Event of PlaceThere Are No Rules of Space and PlaceMaking and Contesting Time-Spaces