Lost Geographies of Power (RGS-IBG Book Series)

This original study explores the difference that space and spatiality make to the understanding of power. Explores the difference that space and spatiality makes to an understanding of power. Moves forward the incorporation of ideas of space into social theory. Presents a new understanding of the exercise, uses and manifestations of cultural, economic and political power in the second half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with cases and examples. Lost Geographies Of Power Offers A Compelling Account Of The Difference That Space Makes To Our Understanding Of Power. Drawing Upon The Work Of Social Theorists Who Have Implicated Space In Their Reasoning Of Power, Such As Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Michael Mann, Michel Foucault And Gilles Deleuze, The Author Sets Out Their Spatial Vocabularies Of Power And Highlights Their Limitations. It Makes Vital Reading For Anyone Interested In How Power Actually 'works' In And Across Society. This Book Will Be Invaluable For Students And Academics In Human Geography, Sociology, Cultural Studies And Politics.--jacket. Ch. 1. Introduction: Lost Geographies -- Pt. I. Spatial Vocabularies Of Power -- Ch. 2. Power In Things: Weber's Footnotes From The Centre -- Ch. 3. Power Through Mobilization: From Mann's Networked Productions To Castella's Networked Fictions -- Ch. 4. Power As An Immanent Affair: Foucault And Deleuze's Topological Detail -- Pt. Ii. Lost Geographies -- Ch. 5. Power In Its Various Guises (and Disguises) -- Ch. 6. Proximity And Reach: Were There Powers At A Distance Before Latour? -- Ch. 7. Placing Power, Or The Mischief Done By Thinking That Domination Is Everywhere -- Ch. 8. Conclusion: Misplaced Power. John Allen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [198]-208) And Index. Contents 7 Series Editors' Preface 9 Acknowledgements 10 Chapter 1 Introduction: Lost Geographies 13 Part I Spatial Vocabularies of Power 25 Chapter 2 Power in Things: Weber's Footnotes from the Centre 27 Chapter 3 Power through Mobilization: From Mann's Networked Productions to Castells's Networked Fictions 50 Chapter 4 Power as an Immanent Affair: Foucault and Deleuze's Topological Detail 77 Part II Lost Geographies 105 Chapter 5 Power in its Various Guises (and Disguises) 107 Chapter 6 Proximity and Reach: Were there Powers at a Distance before Latour? 141 Chapter 7 Placing Power, or the Mischief Done by Thinking that Domination is Everywhere 171 Chapter 8 Conclusion: Misplaced Power 201 Bibliography 210 Index 221 "Lost Geographies of Power offers a compelling account of the difference that space makes to our understanding of power. Drawing upon the work of social theorists who have implicated space in their reasoning of power, such as Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Michael Mann, Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, the author sets out their spatial vocabularies of power and highlights their limitations.". "It makes vital reading for anyone interested in how power actually 'works' in and across society. This book will be invaluable for students and academics in human geography, sociology, cultural studies and politics."--BOOK JACKET.