Logics of dislocation : models, metaphors, and meanings of economic space /
Trevor J. Barnes.
- xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Mappings .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-284) and index.
1. Toward a "Post"-Prefixed Economic Geography? -- 2. Place, Space, and Theories of Economic Value: Context and Essentialism in Economic Geography -- 3. Rationality and Relativism: An Interpretive Review of the Rational Choice Postulate in Economic Geography -- 4. Encountering Edinburgh: Economic Geography and the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge -- 5. Metaphors and Conversations in Economic Geography: Richard Rorty and the Gravity Model -- 6. Probable Writing: Derrida, Deconstruction, and the Quantitative Revolution in Economic Geography -- 7. The Mask of Janus: Looking toward Formalism and Contextualism with Piero Sraffa -- 8. Harold Innis: Local Hero -- 9. Lukermann on Location -- 10. Conclusion.
Logics of dislocation is the first volume to systematically apply a postmodern sensibility to economic geography. In clear, jargon-free prose, author Trevor J. Barnes integrates a comprehensive review of economic geography's recent past with innovative work in economics, philosophy, and the sociology of science, clarifying key poststructuralist ideas and demonstrating their relevance to the field. In its critique of the rationalism and essentialism that characterizes prevailing models in the field, and its exploration of alternative conceptualizations, this book offers both a novel reconstruction of economic geography's past and a basis for a reconceived future.