The Sociology of Space Materiality, Social Structures, and Action

In this book, the author develops a relational concept of space that encompasses social structure, the material world of objects and bodies, and the symbolic dimension of the social world. Löw’s guiding principle is the assumption that space emerges in the interplay between objects, structures and a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Löw, Martina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Cultural Sociology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Why Should Sociology Deal with Space?
  • 2. Conceptions of Space in Context
  • 3. Transformations of Phenomena of Space.-4. On the Way to a Sociological Concept of Space
  • 5. Constitution of Space
  • 6. Exemplary Analyses
  • 7. Basic Concepts of a Sociology of Space
  • Conclusions