2nd Edition

Society, Action and Space

By Benno Werlen Copyright 1993
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    266 Pages
    by Routledge

    This is the first English translation of a book which has been widely recognized in Europe as a major contribution to the interface between geography and social theory. Ambitious, crackling with original ideas and persuasively argued, it raises exciting new implications for the study of space and social theory.

    Chapter 1 Space and causality, or Whatever happened to the subject?; Chapter 2 The objective perspective; Chapter 3 The subjective standpoint; Chapter 4 An epistemological synthesis; Chapter 5 Social theories of action; Chapter 6 Geographical space and society; Chapter 7 The space of social theory; Chapter 8 The space of social action; Conclusions;

    Biography

    Benno Werlen lectures in Geography at the University of Zurich.

    '... constructed from in-depth and scholarly discussions of eminent sources: Popper, Schutz, Pareto, Weber ...' - Environment and Planning

    '... argues persuasively that the central object of social geography is action and not space.' - Environment and Planning

    'The author, evidently, has a huge axe to grind.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement