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Timespace: Geographies of Temporality (Critical Geographies)

By Nigel Thrift

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
041518083X, 9780415180832
Open Library ID
OL17012217M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1592896 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
336\336
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Timespace undermines the old certainties of time and space by arguing that these dimensions do not exist singly, but only as a hybrid process term. The issue of space has perhaps been over-emphasised and it is essential that processes of everyday existence, such as globalisation and environmental issues and also notions such as gender, race and ethnicity, are looked at with a balanced time-space analysis.The social and cultural consequences of this move are traced through a series of studies which deploy different perspectives - structural, phenomenological and even Buddhist - in order to make things meet up. The contributors provide an overview of the history of time and introduce the concepts of time and space together, across a range of disciplines. The themes discussed are of importance for cultural geography, sociology, anthropology, cultural and media studies, and psychology.

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