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MODERN GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT RICHARD PEET ) i ~ U O D FORSYTH LIBRARY fort hays state university ‘Richard Peet leads the reader on a broad sweep through the post-positivist debates that have dominated human geography during its progressive engagement with social theory. Unlike most previous books on this topic, it is a pleasure to see the work of feminist geographers placed squarely within these debates. Detailed introductions to the philosophical underpinnings of different positions, and in-depth readings of key contributions by geographers within the different paradigms, provide vital information for those new to the field. The verve and passion of the writing, and the explicit positioning of Peet within these debates as he engages critically with each paradigm, will stimulate students to continue the debate themselves. A thought-provoking text for advanced courses on geographic thought.’ Professor Eric Sheppard, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota ‘Impressive in its grasp of a wide variety of literatures, both inside and outside of human geography, it is a clear advance over other books . . . The judgements and interpretations have been carefully thought through and show a nice sense of balance. In this book Richard Peet makes an important contribution to the growing literature on the history of thought in human geography. At the same time it will be a significant resource for all those geographers anxious to find out what else has been going on in a field that has become noted for its diversity of viewpoint.’ Professor Kevin Cox, Department of Geography, Ohio State University IB For Marx Modern Geographical Thought Richard Peet BLACKWELL Publishers Copyright © Richard Peet 1998 The right of Richard Peet to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 1998 Blackwell Publishers Ltd 108 Cowley Road Oxford 0X4 1JF UK Blackwell Publishers Inc. 350 Main Street Malden, MA 02148 USA All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purposes of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peet, Richard. Modern geographical thought / Richard Peet. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. - ) and index. ISBN 1-55786-206-0 — ISBN 1-55786-378-4 (pbk.) 1. Geography - Philosophy. I. Title. G70.P375 1998 910'.01—dc21 97-27639 CIP Typeset in 10 on 12pt Sabon by Grahame & Grahame Editorial, Brighton, East Sussex Printed in Great Britain by T.J. International Limited, Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper Contents List of figures vi Preface vii 1 Introduction: Geography, Philosophy, and Social Theory 1 2 Existentialism, Phenomenology, and Humanistic Geography 34 3 Radical Geography, Marxism, and Marxist Geography 67 4 Structuralism and Structural Marxist Geography 112 5 Structuration, Realism, and Locality Studies 147 6 Poststructuralism, Postmodernism, and Postmodern Geographies 194 7 Feminist Theory and the Geography of Gender 247 8 Conclusion 292 Bibliography 303 Index 337 Figures 1.1 Metaphilosophy, metadynamics, and schools of philosophy 4 1.2 Schools of modern and postmodern human geographical thought 10 3.1 Mode of production 83 3.2 Modes of production through time 84 5.1 Hagerstrand’s model of time-geography 151 5.2 Giddens’s stratification model of the human agent 155 5.3 The duality of structure in Giddens’s ontology 157 5.4 Structures, mechanisms, and events in realist theory 169 5.5 Some spatial structures in production 179
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