Society, action and space : an alternative human geography

Author(s)

• Werlen, Benno
• Brennan, Teresa

Bibliographic Information

Society, action and space : an alternative human geography

Benno Werlen ; translated by Gayna Walls ; edited by Teresa Brennan and Benno Werlen

Routledge, 1993

• : hard
• : pbk

Other Title

Gesellschaft, Handlung und Raum

Note

Translation of: Gesellschaft, Handlung und Raum. F. Steiner, 1988

Includes bibliographical references (p. [228]-240) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is the first English translation of a book which has been widely recognized in Europe as a major contribution to the interface between geography and social theory. Ambitious, crackling with original ideas and persuasively argued, it raises exciting new implications for the study of space and social theory.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Space and causality, or Whatever happened to the subject?
• Chapter 2 The objective perspective
• Chapter 3 The subjective standpoint
• Chapter 4 An epistemological synthesis
• Chapter 5 Social theories of action
• Chapter 6 Geographical space and society
• Chapter 7 The space of social theory
• Chapter 8 The space of social action
• Conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA19238045
• ISBN:
  • 0415069653
  • 0415069661
• LCCN: 92006606
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 249 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GF21
  • DC20 : 304.2/3
  • NDC8 : 290.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Human geography -- Methodology
  • LCSH : Human geography -- Philosophy