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Table of Contents Cover Critical Introductions to Geography Title page Copyright page Dedication Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Why Theory Matters Theory, Writing, and Difficulty Theory and the History of Geography Chapter 2 Early Geographies Classical Geographical Theory Medieval Geographies Toward Modern Geography Conclusion Chapter 3 The Emergence of Modern Geography Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) and Carl Ritter (1779– 1859) Darwin, Lamarck, and Geography Environmental Determinism Anarchist Alternatives Conclusions Chapter 4 Thinking About Regions Approaching the Region Critiquing the Region New Regional Geographies Critical Regionalism Conclusion Chapter 5 Spatial Science and the Quantitative Revolution Positivism The General and the Specific Central Place Theory Spatial Science and Movement Quantification and Physical Geography Conclusions: Spatial Science in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 6 Humanistic Geographies Critiquing (In)human Geography What is Humanistic Geography? Phenomenology and Existentialism Space and Place Humanistic Geography in Action Conclusion: Humanism is Dead – Long Live Humanism Chapter 7 Marxist Geographies The Birth of Modern Marxist Geography Historical Materialism: An Introduction The Production of Space and Uneven Development The Production of Nature Radical Cultural Geography The End of Capitalism (as we knew it)? Conclusions Chapter 8 Feminist Geographies Women and Geography What is Feminist Geography? Gender and Geography Masculinism in Geography A Feminist Epistemology Feminist Geographies Conclusions: Feminist Geography and Difference Chapter 9 Postmodernism and Beyond Two Buildings Key Points in Postmodern Theory Once in Los Angeles A Postmodern Geography? New Geographies of Difference Geography and the Crisis of Representation Conclusions: Feminism and Postmodernism Chapter 10 Toward Poststructuralist Geographies Structure and Agency in Geographic Thought Poststructuralism and Geography Foucault’s Geographies Conclusions Chapter 11 Relational Geographies A Relational Conception of Place The End of Scale? Nonrepresentational Theory Conclusions Chapter 12 More-than-Human Geographies Reengaging Human and Physical Geography Animal Geographies Actor-Network Theory Hybrid Geographies Conclusions Chapter 13 Geography’s Exclusions An Autobiography in Theory Exclusions Postcolonialism and Geography Black Geographies? Conclusion Glossary Index Critical Introductions to Geography Critical Introductions to Geography is a series of textbooks for undergraduate courses covering the key geographical subdisciplines and providing broad and introductory treatment with a critical edge. They are designed for the North American and international market and take a lively and engaging approach with a distinct geographical voice that distinguishes them from more traditional and out-dated texts. Prospective authors interested in the series should contact the series editor: John Paul Jones III Department of Geography and Regional Development University of Arizona [email protected] Published Cultural Geography Don Mitchell Geographies of Globalization Andrew Herod Geographies of Media and Communication Paul C. Adams Social Geography Vincent J. Del Casino Jr Mapping Jeremy W. Crampton Environment and Society Paul Robbins, Sarah Moore and John Hintz Research Methods in Geography Basil Gomez and John Paul Jones III Political Ecology, Second Edition Paul Robbins Geographic Thought Tim Cresswell Forthcoming Cultural Landscape Donald Mitchell and Carolyn Breitbach This edition first published 2013 © 2013 Tim Cresswell Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. Blackwell’s publishing program has been merged with Wiley’s global Scientific, Technical, and Medical business to form Wiley-Blackwell. 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Geographic thought: a critical introduction / Tim Cresswell. pages cm. – (Critical introductions to geography) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4051-6940-0 (hardback) – ISBN 978-1-4051-6939-4 (paperback) 1. Human geography–Philosophy. I. Title. GF21.C74 2013 910'.01–dc23 2012031789 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Cover image: Tintin Wulia. Nous ne notons pas les fleurs, Fort Ruigenhoek, 2011, multiple-channel video installation of game-performance and installation with video, durations and dimensions variable, colour, stereo, loop. Game- performance/installation view. © Tintin Wulia. Courtesy of the artist and Kaap/Stichting Storm, Utrecht. Cover design by Design Deluxe
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