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The nature of space / Milton Santos ; translated by Brenda Baletti ; with an introduction by Susanna Hecht.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Latin America in translation/en traducción/em traduçãoPublisher: Durham ; Lonson : Duke University Press, 2021Description: xvii, 281 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781478014409
  • 9781478013488
Uniform titles:
  • Natureza do espaço. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Nature of space.DDC classification:
  • 114 SAN 23 019985
Summary: "The Nature of Space is a translation of pioneering geographer Milton Santos' A Natureza do Espaço, originally published in Brazil in 1996. The book offers a theory of human space based on relationships between time and ontology, producing a system of ideas that can catalyze a descriptive and interpretive system of geography. Santos argues that when geographers consider the inseparability of time and space, they can then transcend fragmented realities and partial truths without trying to philosophize or theorize their way around them. Based on these premises, The Nature of Space seeks to examine the role of space, defined as indissoluble systems of objects and systems of actions in social processes, and provide a geographic contribution to the production of a critical social theory"--
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-271) and index.

"The Nature of Space is a translation of pioneering geographer Milton Santos' A Natureza do Espaço, originally published in Brazil in 1996. The book offers a theory of human space based on relationships between time and ontology, producing a system of ideas that can catalyze a descriptive and interpretive system of geography. Santos argues that when geographers consider the inseparability of time and space, they can then transcend fragmented realities and partial truths without trying to philosophize or theorize their way around them. Based on these premises, The Nature of Space seeks to examine the role of space, defined as indissoluble systems of objects and systems of actions in social processes, and provide a geographic contribution to the production of a critical social theory"--

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