9781452963242

9781517909086

"Originally published in 1978, For a New Geography marked the emergence of Milton Santos as a major interpreter of geographical thought, a prominent Afro-Brazilian public intellectual, and a foremost global theorist of space"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book was originally published in Portuguese as Por uma Geografia Nova: Da Critica da Geografia a uma Geografia Critica. copyright Editora da Universidade de São Paulo 1978."

Description based on print version record.

Translator's introduction: The newness of geography / Archie Davies

Introduction : from a critique of geography to a critical geography

The founders : scientific pretensions

Philosophical inheritance

Postwar renovation : "a new geography"

Quantitative geography

Models and systems : the ecosystems

The geography of perception and behavior

The triumph of formalism and ideology

The balance of the crisis : geography, widow of space

A new interdisciplinarity

An attempt to define space

Space : reflection of society or social fact?

Space : a factor?

Space as social order

In search of a paradigm

Total space in our time

State and space : the nation-state as a geographical unit of study

The ideas of totality and social formation and the renovation of geography

The idea of time in geographical studies

Conclusion: Geography and the future of man.

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