Space and Power
Politics, War and Architecture
1. Edition May 2005
272 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Paul Hirst was one was one of the most original thinkers of his
generation. This book is being published post-humously after his
tragic death in 2003. Written with verve and lucidity, it is a
scholarly account of the various ways in which space is configured
by power, and in which space becomes a resource for power. Erudite
and exciting, the book combines new and old theory in an
imaginative, yet pragmatic, way. It is typical of Hirst's
ability to make inspiriational leaps across theoretical and
disciplinary boundaries, critically combining insights from social
theory, politics, history and geography.
This is an important, forward-looking book that will influence
academic debate for many years to come.
Preface by Grahame Thompson.
Acknowledgements.
Part I.
1. Space and Power: Architecture, Politics and War.
2. Cities, Globalization and Governance.
3. Politics and Territory.
Part II.
4. The Spatial Dimensions of Power.
5. The Frontier, Conquest and Settlement.
6. War, Environment and Technology.
7. Information, Space and War.
Part III.
8. Foucault and Architecture.
9. The Defence of Places: Fortification as Architecture.
10. The Defence of Places: From Sieges to Silos.
Notes.
Index.
which raises a plethora of critical questions about the future of
space and power that ought to cause geographers to question
too-comfortable theoretical suppositions."
British Journal of Sociology
"There is much within its impressive content that I believe can
be of interest to group analysts. This book is steeped in
historical appreciation and detail."
Group Analysis
"Space and Power is a compelling and often witty critique
of 'the end of geography' thesis, and a searching examination of
the contemporary relevance of the work of Febvre and Vidal de la
Blache. An important book by a truly first-rate thinker."
Stuart Corbridge, London School of Economics and Political
Science