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Title

Geographies of knowledge and power / Peter Meusburger, Derek Gregory, Laura Suarsana, editors.

Publication

Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Gregory, Derek, 1951-
• Klaus Tschira Stiftung.
• Meusburger, Peter
• Suarsana, Laura,

Description

x, 347 pages : illustrations, maps (some color); 24 cm.

Summary

Interest in relations between knowledge, power, and space has a long tradition in a range of disciplines, but it was reinvigorated in the last two decades through critical engagement with Foucault and Gramsci. This volume focuses on relations between knowledge and power. It shows why space is fundamental in any exercise of power and explains which roles various types of knowledge play in the acquisition, support, and legitimization of power. Topics include the control and manipulation of knowledge through centers of power in historical contexts, the geopolitics of knowledge about world politics, media control in twentieth century, cartography in modern war, the power of words, the changing face of Islamic authority, and the role of Millennialism in the United States. This book offers insights from disciplines such as geography, anthropology, scientific theology, Assyriology, and communication science.

Series Statement

Knowledge and space / Klause Tschira symposia, 877-9220 ; volume 7

Uniform Title

Knowledge and space ; v. 7.

Subject

• Geografi > sociala aspekter
• Geography > Social aspects
• Geography > Social aspects
• Knowledge, Sociology of
• Knowledge, Sociology of
• Kunskapssociologi
• Makt (samhällsvetenskap)
• Power (Social sciences)

Note

• "Klaus Tschira Stiftung gemeinnützige GmbH"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Power, Knowledge, and Space: A Geographical Introduction / Derek Gregory, Peter Meusburger, and Laura Suarsana -- 2. Relations Between Knowledge and Power: An Overview of Research Questions and Concepts / Peter Meusburger -- 3. Enabling Knowledge / Nico Stehr -- 4. Gabriel's Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War / Derek Gregory -- 5. Telling the Future: Reflections on the Status of Divination in Ancient Near Eastern Politics / Stefan M. Maul -- 6. Who Gets the Past? The Changing Face of Islamic Authority and Religious Knowledge / Dale F. Eickelman -- 7. "An Heavenly Kingdom Shall Descend": How Millennialism Spread from New England to the United States of America / Robert Jewett -- 8. The Power of Words and the Tides of History: Reflections on Man and Nature and Silent Spring / Robert Jewett -- 9. "Desk Killers": Walter Christaller, Central Place Theory, and the Nazis / Trevor J. Barnes -- 10. Knowledge and Power in Sovietized Hungarian Geography / Góbert Győri and Ferenc Gyuris -- 11. The Geopolitics of Knowledge about World Politics: A Case Study in U.S. Hegemony / John Agnew -- 12. "Hot Spots, Dark-Side Dots, Tin Pots": The Uneven Internationalism of the Global Academic Market / Anssi Paasi -- 13. Power/Knowledge/Geography: Speculation at the End of History / Richard Peet -- 14. Media Control in the Twentieth Century / Jürgen Wilke -- 15. Tau(gh)t Subjects: Geographies of Residential Schooling, Colonial Power, and the Failures of Resistance Theory / Sarah de Leeuw -- 16. Communication, Identity, and Power / Jo Reichertz.

ISBN

• 9789401799591
• 9401799598
• 9789401799607 (canceled/invalid)
• 9401799601 (canceled/invalid)

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library