Considering Space

Considering Space demonstrates what has changed in the perception of space within the social sciences and how useful - indeed indispensable - this category is today.

1. Introduction: An Invitation to Spatial Theorizing, Dominik Bartmanski & Henning Füller Part I: Considering Space in Social Theory 2. Understanding Social Change: Refigurations, Martina Löw; 3. Space in the Theory of Reflexive Modernization: The Location of Subjects from a Cosmopolitan Perspective, Angelika Poferl; 4. Wittgenstein's House: From Philosophy to Architecture to Philosophy, Nana Last; 5. Mapping Assemblages: Analytical Benefits of Thinking with Space, Henning Füller; 6. The Invention of the Global: Constitutions of space in theories of globalization, Gunter Weidenhaus Part II: Considering Space in Global Epistemologies 7. Dividing the 'World': Spatial Binaries and the Global Perspective, Johanna Hoerning; 8. European Elsewheres: Global Sociologies of Space and Europe, Fabio Santos & Manuela Boatca; 9. The Refiguration of the Social and the Re-Configuration of the Communal, Walter Mignolo; 10. Caste, Class, and Space: Inequalities in India, Sanjana Krishnan Part III: Considering Space in Meaning Making 11. A Dangerous Liaison? Space and the Field of Cultural Production, Dominik Bartmanski; 12. Object Affordances, Space, and Meaning: The Case of Real Estate Staging, Kelcie Vercel and Terence McDonnell; 13. Like a Child in a Supermarket: Locational Meanings and Locational Socialization Revisited, Pavel Pospech; 14. Placing Performance into a Distressed Space: The Case of San Berillo, Letteria G. Fassari; Epilogue, Johanna Hoerning & Gunter Weidenhaus