Well, most geographers I know (or what Andy Sayer calls "those in the spatial sciences") think Giddens' thinking about space is too little too late. Doreen Massey, for example, in her _Spatial Structures of Production_ raised the question of how to think about global-local in a much more extensive and insightful way. I'm not saying Giddens is wrong, only that he raises issues that others have long recognized. Check out Ed Soja's _Postmodern Geographies: The Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory." >Posted on 12 Feb 1996 at 12:22:27 by TELEC List Distributor (011802) > >[PEN-L:2894] Anthony Giddens > >Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 09:17:48 -0800 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Chris Merrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Anthony Giddens, as a sociologist, is also a closet geographer. His ideas about >structure versus agency have lead him to think about the social construction of >place. This has lead him to ponder the epistemological dilemma of linking >global processes to local outcomes in a theoretically informed way that is not >empiricist in nature. I believe that he has contributed to the social sciences >by transcending disciplinary boundaries to tackle economics, geography, >sociology and philosophy. I would also like to hear what other people think >about Anthony Giddens. >Cheers, >Chris Merrett >Western Illinois University >Macomb, IL 61455 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Marsh Feldman Phone: 401/792-5953 Community Planning, 204 Rodman Hall FAX: 401/792-4395 The University of Rhode Island Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kingston, RI 02881-0815
