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Book SynopsisThis work attempts to integrate poststructuralist thought with the insights of critical human geography. The author seeks not to make conventional approximations of post structuralist concepts but rather to rethink and to rewrite the world through them.
Trade ReviewAn excellent book, one that reveals an acutely 'scholarly' mind at work. ...It is undoubtedly a landmark statement. -- Chris Philo, University of Glasgow
A major work. The book will have a very strong impact in geography: even those who don't like it will be forced to acknowledge it. It is well written and, most important, different. -- Nigel Thrift, University of Bristol
A necessary point of passage for every geographer working with critical social theory, and is unlikely to be improved upon as a serious introduction to poststructuralism. * Annals of the Association of American Geographers *
Poststructuralist Geographies will make a highly significant impact within geography, as well as send shockwaves throughout cultural studies, sociology, continental philosophy, and other disciplines that have been touched by poststructuralism. Doel's virtuosic grasp of poststructuralist theory, together with his unsurpassed ability to think through the implications of its thought styles for fundamental concepts, give to the book a potentially devastating impact. This is a major agenda-setting text, persuasively written, and the first to consider seriously and rigorously the implications of poststructuralist thought for the study of society, space, and time. -- David B. Clarke, University of Leeds
Table of ContentsPart 1 Part I: The Space of Poststructuralism Chapter 2 Spaces of Perversion in Deleuze and Derrida Chapter 3 Lyotard’s Cancerous Geography Chapter 4 The Pornogeography of Baudrillard and Irigaray Part 5 Part II: Schizoanalysis of the Geographical Tradition Chapter 6 Geography Unhinged—Probe-heads, Eraser-heads, and Dead-heads Chapter 7 Plastic Space—Geography Splayed Out Part 8 Part III: Poststructuralist Geography Chapter 9 Sliding Signs—Deconstruction and the Quantitative Revolution Chapter 10 Neighbourhood of Infinity—Spatial Science after Deleuze and Guattari
