{"product_id":"in-the-space-of-theory-postfoundational-geographies-of-the-nation-state-paperback","title":"In the Space of Theory: Postfoundational Geographies of the Nation-State - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Sparke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is the meaning of the hyphen in \"nation-state\" changing in the context of globalization and proliferating political struggles? How can we investigate the transformation of the nation-state by marking the normally unmarked hyphen in \"geo-graphy\"? Debunking deterritorialization both as a discourse and as an antiessentialist abstraction, Matthew Sparke offers answers to these questions by examining the contemporary geographies of the United States and Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn the Space of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e details the territorial implications of the Iraq war, NAFTA, welfare reform, constitutional reform, cross-border regional development, and the legal battles of First Nations. In using antiessentialist arguments to elucidate the complexity of these developments, Sparke seeks to ground and critique postfoundational theory itself. He shows how the postfoundational arguments of Homi Bhabha, Arjun Appadurai, Timothy Mitchell, Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Michael Hardt, and Antonio Negri obscure politically important processes of reterritorialization at the same time they deterritorialize diverse theoretical assumptions about the nation-state. Engaged with theory and grounded in close study of cultural, political, and economic change, \u003ci\u003eIn the Space of Theory\u003c\/i\u003e explores the geographies of struggle that at once underlie and undermine the hyphen in contemporary nation-states. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matthew Sparke is associate professor of geography and international studies at the University of Washington.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 436\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.96 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52731812938035,"sku":"9780816631902","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/OS8wc0x3TjlEZlc5LzBQb1FRWjBuZz09.webp?v=1763870396","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/in-the-space-of-theory-postfoundational-geographies-of-the-nation-state-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}