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The sociology of space : materiality, social structures, and action / Martina Löw ; translated from the German by Donald Goodwin.
Van Pelt Library HM1171 .L6813 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Löw, Martina, author.
- Series:
- Cultural sociology
- Cultural Sociology
- Standardized Title:
- Raumsoziologie. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Space--Psychological aspects.
- Space.
- Personal space.
- Space and time.
- Human geography.
- Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2016]
- Summary:
- In this book, the author develops a relational concept of space that encompasses social structure, the material world of objects and bodies, and the symbolic dimension of the social world. Low's guiding principle is the assumption that space emerges in the interplay between objects, structures and actions. Based on a critical discussion of classic theories of space, Low develops a new dynamic theory of space that accounts for the relational context in which space is constituted. This innovative view on the interdependency of material, social, and symbolic dimensions of space also permits a new perspective on architecture and urban development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137487711
- 1137487712
- OCLC:
- 963740028
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