Non-Representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect

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Routledge, Mar 25, 2008 - Social Science - 336 pages

This astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday life. Ranging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by perception, representation and practice, with the aim of valuing the fugitive practices that exist on the margins of the known. It revolves around three key functions. It:

  • introduces the rather dispersed discussion of non-representational theory to a wider audience
  • provides the basis for an experimental rather than a representational approach to the social sciences and humanities
  • begins the task of constructing a different kind of political genre.

A groundbreaking and comprehensive introduction to this key topic, Thrift’s outstanding work brings together further writings from a body of work that has come to be known as non-representational theory. This noteworthy book makes a significant contribution to the literature in this area and is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates in the fields of social theory, sociology, geography, anthropology and cultural studies.

 

Contents

Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 16
Section 17
Section 18
Section 19
Section 20
Section 21
Section 22
Section 23

Section 9
Section 10
Section 11
Section 12
Section 13
Section 14
Section 15
Section 24
Section 25
Section 26
Section 27
Section 28
Section 29
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Non-Representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect
Nigel Thrift
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N. J. Thrift
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About the author (2008)

Nigel Thrift, Professor at the University of Warwick, is also Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Bristol. He has authored, co-authored and co-edited more than 35 books and over 200 journal articles. His research includes work on international finance, new forms of capitalism, cities, social and cultural theory, and the history of time

Bibliographic information

TitleNon-Representational Theory: Space, Politics, Affect
International Library of Sociology
AuthorNigel Thrift
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, 2008
ISBN1134162715, 9781134162710
Length336 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Human Geography
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Sociology / Social Theory
  
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