Doreen Massey was een Britse sociaal wetenschapper wiens invloedrijke werk de ingewikkelde relaties tussen ruimte, plaats en macht onderzocht. Haar onderzoek verdiepte zich in de marxistische en feministische geografie, waarbij werd geanalyseerd hoe wereldwijde krachten lokale ervaringen en identiteiten vormgeven. Massey's benadering benadrukte de dynamische, voortdurend veranderende aard van plaatsen, waarbij ze niet als vaste punten maar als voortdurende processen werden onthuld. Haar inzichten bieden lezers een diepgaand begrip van hoe plaatsen worden geconstrueerd door complexe sociale en economische interacties.
This new book brings together Doreen Masseya s key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues. The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender.
The Shape of the World. Explorations in Human Geography
This is the first text in the five-volume Shape of the World Series which offers a comprehensive, broad-based course in human geography. The text shows how geographical thinking enables us to grasp the connection between the local and global world. It begins with the idea that the way in which we see the world is a matter of interpretation: it depends upon who you are - a third World peasant or a resident of Los Angeles. This approach is developed by showing how different places are constructed through a web of economic, political, and social connections that shape and reshape them.
Doreen Massey was one of the most influential human geographers of the post-war period. A key feminist and socialist thinker, she brought geographical inequality to the fore of left politics. Through her activism, she combined a focus on class with a prescient awareness of its intersections with gender, race and sexuality. This book is a collection of Doreen Massey's essential political writings, from reflections on support groups during the 1984-5 Miners' Strike to assessments of the Sandinistas' spatial policies and ownership campaigns relating to Liverpool Football Club. It gives a vivid sense of Massey's dynamic style as a left public intellectual whose work impacted major political initiatives, and introduces her important 'politics of place' to a new generation of activists.