Thinking Geographically offers students and faculty an overview of contemporary theoretical concerns in geography. Easily accessible to those unfamiliar with social theory, this volume ’pushes the envelope’ of understanding by sketching the contours of post-structuralist spatial thought, including such critical emerging topics as geographies of text, the body, money, and globalization. Brief biographies of influential theorists demonstrate how ideas are embodied and personified. This volume is highly useful for courses in human geography, the history and status of the discipline, and will stand as a milestone in the discipline’s conceptual understanding over the next decade or more..
Thinker Profile Boxes vi // Preface / viii // Theorizing Human Geographies // 1. Introducing Theory 3 // 2. A Brief History of Geographic Thought 22 // 3. New Theories, New Geographies? 57 // Practising Theoretical Geographies // 4. Geographies of the Body 97 // 5. Geographies of Text 124 // 6. Geographies of Money 146 // 7. Geographies of Governance 175 // 8. Geographies of Globalization 204 // Conclusion // 9. Final Words 233 // References 241