Federico Ferretti

Anarchy and Geography

Reclus and Kropotkin in the UK

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a historical into the development of anarchist geographies in the UK and the implications for current theory and practice. It explores the scientific networks that Kropotkin and the Reclus brothers cultivated during their exile in Britain and Ireland, and the contribution they made to the geographical sciences of those places.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781138488120
• ISBN-10: 1138488127
• Artikelnr.: 53688153

Autorenporträt

Federico Ferretti is a Lecturer in Human Geography at University College Dublin, Ireland. He discussed a PhD dissertation on Élisée Reclus's New Universal Geography at the Universities of Bologna and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He has taught in Italy, Switzerland, France and Brazil. His main research interests lie in alternative geographical traditions and the international and multilingual circulation of geographical knowledge, especially from Latin America and continental Europe.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Alternative Geographical Traditions 1. The Reclus Brothers:
Translating Science and Radical Politics in the Age of Empire 2. Editorial
Networks and The Publics of Science: Building Pluralist Geographies 3.
Establishing a Geographical Tradition in the 'British Isles': Emergent
Social and Political Geographies 4. Striving for Freedom: Reclus's and
Kropotkin's Politics in the UK 5. Ripples and Waves of Anarchist Writing:
Towards Humane Sciences Conclusion: The Relevance of Early Critical
Geographies