Space and Power Politics, War and Architecture,9780745634562

Space and Power Politics, War and Architecture

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780745634562
ISBN10: 0745634567
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-06-24
Publisher(s): Polity
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Summary

Paul Hirst was one was one of the most original thinkers of his generation. This book is being published post-humously after his tragic death in 2003. Written with verve and lucidity, it is a scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power. Erudite and exciting, the book combines new and old theory in an imaginative, yet pragmatic, way. It is typical of Hirst's ability to make inspiriational leaps across theoretical and disciplinary boundaries, critically combining insights from social theory, politics, history and geography. This is an important, forward-looking book that will influence academic debate for many years to come.

Author Biography

Paul Hirst was formerly Professor of Social Theory, Affiliated to Birkbeck College, University of London

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vi
Preface by Grahame Thompson vii
Acknowledgements xi
Part I
1 Space and Power: Architecture, Politics and War
3(4)
2 Cities, Globalization and Governance
7(19)
3 Politics and Territory
26(25)
Part II
4 The Spatial Dimensions of Military Power
51(26)
5 The Frontier, Conquest and Settlement
77(21)
6 War, Environment and Technology
98(25)
7 Information, Space and War
123(32)
Part III
8 Foucault and Architecture
155(24)
9 The Defence of Places: Fortification as Architecture
179(19)
10 The Defence of Places: From Sieges to Silos
198(26)
Notes 224(28)
Index 252

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