Putting Space in Place

Philosophical Topography and Relational Geography

Bibliographic Data

ID5096441
AuthorsJ Malpas (0000-0003-4378-8937, University of Tasmania, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume30
Issue2
Pages226-242
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/d20810
OpenAlexW1982707731
LanguageEN
Citations received114
References cited14

Space is a concept that is central to geographical thinking. Yet, relatively little attention has been given to exploration of the concept of space as such, and this is so outside of geography no less than within it. Beginning with an examination of the 'relational' view of space that now seems dominant in geography as well as many other areas of the social sciences (and which is often presented as an elucidation of space itself), this paper explores the concept of space as it stands in connection with time and place, making particular use of the notions of boundedness, extendedness, and emergence while also shedding light on the idea of relationality. The aim is to outline a different mode of theorizing space than is to be found in much of contemporary geography and social theory-one that also draws geographical thinking into the domain of 'philosophical topography

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