Geographical Imaginations

This book reads geography both as an academic field and as a body of discourse, and asks how it might sit within current social theory. Its central concern is how social life is shaped by place, space and landscape. The author draws on history, close reading of texts, philosophical analysis, sociological interpretation and a keen sense of geography, combining them to make spatial thinking more subtle and sophisticated.

The book brings human geography into conversation with major theoretical currents, including postcolonialism, structuration theory, feminism, deconstruction, postmodernism and poststructuralism. It revisits and questions the debates these traditions raise, and it follows the links between space, power and knowledge.

Rich with sharp examples, the work offers both a clear critique of contemporary social theory and a substantial contribution to our understanding of social life and the spatial dimension that runs through it.