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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457395003321

Autore

Curry Michael R

Titolo

The work in the world [[electronic resource] ] : geographical practice and the written word / / Michael R. Curry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1996

ISBN

0-8166-8676-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

808/.06691

Soggetti

Geography - Authorship

Written communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. The Traditional Common Sense: The Universal Text in a Universal System; 1. Formalizing Common Sense (I): The Text as Representation; 2. Formalizing Common Sense (II): The Work in the System; Part II. Beyond the Traditional Common Sense: The Author, the Work, and the World Beyond; 3. Formulating the New Common Sense; 4. Beyond the New Common Sense: Toward a Geography of the Work in the World; Part III. The Work in the World; 5. Authorship and the Construction of Authority; 6. The Work in the World

7. Finding the Space in the Text and the Text in SpaceConclusion: Learning from the Place of the Work in the World; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Distinctive for the way it views theories in geography and science as fundamentally embedded in written works, The Work in the World argues eloquently that the philosophical questions raised by theories can only be addressed within the broader context of the work.