[Un]Grounding : Post-Foundational Geographies

Friederike Landau

ISBN 10: 3837650731 / ISBN 13: 9783837650730

Published by Transcript Mai 2021, 2021

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Neuware - Post-foundationalism departs from the assumption that there is no ground, necessity, or objective rationale for human political existence or action. The edited volume puts contemporary debates arising from the »spatial turn« in cultural and social sciences in a dialogue with post-foundational theories of space and place to devise post-foundationalism as radical approach to urban studies. This approach enables us to think about space not only as socially produced, but also as crucially marked by conflict, radical negativity, and absence. The contributors undertake a (re-)reading of key spatial and/or post-foundational theorists to introduce their respective understandings of politics and space, and offer examples of post-foundational empirical analyses of urban protests, spatial occupation, and everyday life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: [Un]Grounding : Post-Foundational Geographies
• Publisher: Transcript Mai 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837650731
• ISBN 13: 9783837650730
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 225W x 148H x 24D millimeters 225 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 538 grams

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Synopsis

Post-foundationalism departs from the assumption that there is no ground, necessity, or objective rationale for human political existence or action. The edited volume puts contemporary debates arising from the »spatial turn« in cultural and social sciences in a dialogue with post-foundational theories of space and place to devise post-foundationalism as radical approach to urban studies. This approach enables us to think about space not only as socially produced, but also as crucially marked by conflict, radical negativity, and absence. The contributors undertake a (re-)reading of key spatial and/or post-foundational theorists to introduce their respective understandings of politics and space, and offer examples of post-foundational empirical analyses of urban protests, spatial occupation, and everyday life.

About the Authors

Friederike Landau (Dr.) arbeitet derzeit als Assistenzprofessorin für Kulturgeographie in den Niederlanden. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Kulturpolitik, künstlerischer Aktivismus und umstrittene öffentliche Räume.

Lucas Pohl (PhD) is a geographer working at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Nikolai Roskamm (Dr. phil. habil.), geb. 1967, ist Professor für Planungstheorie, Stadtbaugeschichte und Städtebau an der FH Erfurt. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Raum- und Stadttheorien, Stadtplanung und urbane Aneignungsprozesse.