Key Thinkers on Space and Place

Preface to the Second Edition - Phil Hubbard and Rob Kitchin
Introduction: Why Key Thinkers? - Phil Hubbard and Rob Kitchin
Benedict Anderson - Euan Hague
Mark Augé - Peter Merriman
Trevor Barnes - Suzanne Reimer
Jean Baudrillard - David B Clarke and Marcus A Doel
Zygmunt Bauman - David B Clarke and Marcus A Doel
Ulrich Beck - Lewis Holloway
Brian Berry - Gordon L Clark
Homi K Bhabha - Constantina Papoulias
Pierre Bourdieu - Gary Bridge
Judith Butler - Minelle Mahtani
Anne Buttimer - Tom Mels
Manuel Castells - Phil Hubbard
Michel de Certeau - Mike Crang
Stuart E Corbridge - Simon Batterbury
Denis Cosgrove - Keith Lilley
Mike Davis - Donald McNeill
Michael Dear - Donald McNeill and Mark Tewdwr-Jones
Gilles Deleuze - Marcus A Doel and David B Clarke
Peter Dicken - Jonathan A Beaverstock
Arturo Escobar - Simon Batterbury and Jude L Fernando
Michel Foucault - Chris Philo
J K Gibson-Graham - Wendy Larner
Anthony Giddens - Barney Warf
Reginald Golledge - Rob Kitchin
Derek Gregory - Barney Warf
Torsten Hagerstrand - Robin Flowerdew
Peter Haggett - Robin Flowerdew
Stuart Hall - Don Mitchell
Donna Haraway - Lewis Holloway
J Brian Harley - Keith Lilley
David Harvey - Noel Castree
bell hooks - Katherine McKittrick
Tim Ingold - Hayden Lorimer
Peter Jackson - Don Mitchell
Cindi Katz - Tracey Skelton
Bruno Latour - Eric Laurier
Henri Lefebvre - Rob Shields
David Ley - Paul Rodaway
Kevin Lynch - John R Gold
Doreen Massey - Felicity Callard
Linda McDowell - Sarah Hall
Anssi Paasi - Rhys Jones
Allan Pred - Alan Latham
Gillian Rose - Minelle Mahtani
Edward W Said - Karen M Morin
Saskia Sassen - James Faulconbridge
Andrew Sayer - Andy C Pratt
Amartya Sen - Simon Batterbury and Jude L Fernando
David Sibley - Minelle Mahtani
Neil Smith - Noel Castree
Edward J Soja - Alan Latham
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak - Robina Mohammad and James D Sidaway
Michael Storper - Suzanne Reimer
Peter Taylor - Jim Glassman
Nigel Thrift - Barney

Hubbard, Phil
Phil Hubbard is Professor in Urban Studies in the University of Kent's School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research.

The best encyclopaedic tool for human geographers since the Dictionary of Human Geography. It is hugely useful for students who want an easy way to access the roots of the major themes and debates in contemporary geographyStuart AitkenSan Diego State University



Space is now at the forefront of the social sciences and humanities. This compendium sets out the twists and turns of the thinkers who brought us to this place. In doing so, it sets out an effervescent intellectual landscape. Invaluable

Professor Nigel ThriftVice-Chancellor, University of Warwick



A most welcome and expanded version of the original Key Thinkers, this work more than any other guides readers through the complex theoretical landscape of space and place. An outstanding volume that articulates, through analyses of the visionary writings of some of the most important theorists in and beyond geography, the migrations of thought produced around our most important objects of analysis. The contributors excel in this effortProfessor John-Paul Jones IIIUniversity of Arizona, USA



The second edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place sharpens and refines its project. Written in highly accessible language, the book will be a dependable source of inspiration and reflection to anyone with an interest in space and place as knowledge categoriesProfessor Richard Le HeronUniversity of Auckland, New Zealand



This is a helpfully updated version of an already well-researched and accessibly written text. As with the first edition, this version is invaluable for anyone seeking to understand the life and work of key thinkers who have shaped the "spatial turn" in the social sciences. It recognizes the contributions of those from all the major intellectual traditions from positivism to post-structuralism, and from a variety of disciplines, from geographers, anthropologists, economists, philosophers and more. And it consciously acknowledges