for
space
doreen massey
Presenting an impassoned argument for revtalising eur imagination
of space, Doreen Massey takes on some welhestablshed asumptions
from philosophy.and some familar ways of characterising the twenty
first century world and shows how they restrain our understanding of
both he challenge and the potential of space.
‘The way we tink about space matters Itnflects our understandings
ofthe world our attitudes to others. our poles it affects for instance,
the way we understand globalisation, the way we approach ces
the way we develop, and practice, a sense of place I time isthe
dimension of change then space isthe dimension of the soca the
«contemporaneous co-existence of others Thatisits challenge, and one
that has been persistently evaded for space pursues is argument
through plilosophical and theoretical engagement, and through
teling peronal and political reflection, Doreen Massey asks questions
such a how best to characterize these so-called spatial times how tis
‘that implicit spatalassumptions infect ou alts and how we might
‘develop responsi for place beyond pace.
‘This book is for space’ in tha it argues for @ relavigoration ofthe
spataltyofeurimpliitcosmologies for spaces essential reading for
anyone interested in space and the spatial turn Inthe socal cence
and humanities Serious, and sometimes reverent ts 9