{"product_id":"for-a-new-geography-9781517909086","title":"For a New Geography","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Milton Santos\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Human Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor the first time in English, a key work of critical geography\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally published in 1978 in Portuguese, \u003ci\u003eFor a New Geography\u003c\/i\u003e is a milestone in the history of critical geography, and it marked the emergence of its author, Milton Santos (1926-2001), as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and one of the foremost global theorists of space.\u003cp\u003ePublished in the midst of a crisis in geographical thought, \u003ci\u003eFor a New Geography\u003c\/i\u003e functioned as a bridge between geography's past and its future. In advancing his vision of a geography of action and liberation, Santos begins by turning to the roots of modern geography and its colonial legacies. Moving from a critique of the shortcomings of geography from the field's foundations as a modern science to the outline of a new field of critical geography, he sets forth both an ontology of space and a methodology for geography. In so doing, he introduces novel theoretical categories to the analysis of space. It is, in short, both a critique of the Northern, Anglo-centric discipline from within and a systematic critique of its flaws and assumptions from outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical geography has developed in the past four decades into a heterogenous and creative field of enquiry. Though accruing a set of theoretical touchstones in the process, it has become detached from a longer and broader history of geographical thought. \u003ci\u003eFor a New Geography\u003c\/i\u003e reconciles these divergent histories. Arriving in English at a time of renewed interest in alternative geographical traditions and the history of radical geography, it takes its place in the canonical works of critical geography. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45029169299607,"sku":"9781517909086","price":2709.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781517909086.webp?v=1769203403","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/for-a-new-geography-9781517909086","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}