LEADER 02763nam 22007214a 450 001 9910820948603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53857-8 010 $a9786612538575 010 $a0-226-62932-5 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226629322 035 $a(CKB)2670000000015078 035 $a(EBL)515753 035 $a(OCoLC)609863574 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356213 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11248117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356213 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10349508 035 $a(PQKB)11467386 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122499 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515753 035 $a(DE-B1597)524991 035 $a(OCoLC)746883579 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226629322 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515753 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10381152 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253857 035 $a(PPN)169331482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000015078 100 $a20060522d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbysmal $ea critique of cartographic reason /$fGunnar Olsson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (568 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-62930-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [505]-536) and indexes. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tDESIRES NON- SUPPRESSED -- $tPRELUDE -- $tMAPPINGS -- $tINSTRUMENTS -- $tIMAGINATIONS -- $tCOLLATION -- $tATLAS -- $tREQUIEM -- $tMEMORIALS -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS 330 $aPeople rely on reason to think about and navigate the abstract world of human relations in much the same way they rely on maps to study and traverse the physical world. Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this cartographic reasoning allows the powerful to map out other people's lives.A spectacular reading of Western philosophy, religion, and mythology that draws on early maps a 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern$y20th century 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern$y21st century 606 $aCartography 606 $aRhetoric 606 $aReason 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern 615 0$aCartography. 615 0$aRhetoric. 615 0$aReason. 676 $a190 700 $aOlsson$b Gunnar$f1935-$0675443 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820948603321 996 $aAbysmal$94070149 997 $aUNINA