Unit information: Theorizing Society and Space in 2011/12

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Unit name Theorizing Society and Space
Unit code GEOGM0001
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Unit director Dr. Bassett
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

All other courses on the MSc

School/department School of Geographical Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

The course engages with a range of philosophers and social theorists and examines the role that space and politics plays in their thinking. The course focuses in particular upon the recent uptake of ideas from authors such as Agamben, Badiou, Deleuze & Guattari, and Hardt & Negri.

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