Lost Geographies of Power (eBook)

John Allen is Professor of Economic Geography at the Open University. His recent publications include Rethinking the Region: Spaces of Neoliberalism (1998, with Doreen Massey and Allan Cochrane) and Human Geography Today (1999, with Doreen Massey and Phil Sarre).

Series Editors' Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Lost Geographies.

Part I: Spatial Vocabularies of Power.

Chapter 2: Power in Things: Weber's Footnotes from the
Centre.

Chapter 3: Power through mobilization: From Mann's Networked
Productions to Castells' Networked Fictions.

Chapter 4: Power as an Immanent Affair: Foucault and Deleuze's
Topographical Detail.

Part II: Lost Geographies.

Chapter 5: Power in its Various Guises (and Disguises).

Chapter 6: Proximity and Reach: Were There Powers at a Distance
before Latour?

Chapter 7: Placing Power, or the Mischief Done by Thinking
Domination is Everywhere.

Chapter 8: Conclusion: Misplaced Power.

Bibliography.

Index.

"Allen moves the debate on power into the everyday effects of
human social action. In so doing he not only enriches the debate in
numerous ways but also shows how theoretical discussion of power
can no longer avoid addressing power's inherent
spatiality."

John Agnew, Department of Geography, UCLA

"John Allen provides new maps of the spatiality of power.
The wonderful thing is not just that some familiar accounts are
revitalised, but also that new forms of understanding power are
born."

Professor Nigel Thrift

John Allen offers us a refreshing and provocative account of
power in social theory, attending in particular to one of its
missing dimensions, that of space ... this is an attractive book,
welcome in particular for its attention to the complexities and
multiple modalities of power."

American Journal of Sociology

"Lost Geographies of Powers is a subtle and well argued
book. It deserves a wider readership than its title suggests and
should be read by social scientists in general, not just
geographers."

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