Geopolitics: Re-visioning World Politics by John Agnew (English) Paperback Book

Description: Geopolitics by John Agnew Identifying and scrutinizing the central features of geopolitics from the sixteenth century to the present, author Agnew pays close attention to its persisting conceptual underpinnings, novel turns and shifting impacts. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Despite challenges to its domination, the way modern-world politics is conducted is structured by a set of understandings dating back to the rise of the European powers. Here, John Agnew systematically explores how Europeans in a position of global power imposed their ways and views on others through visualizing the world as a whole, defining world regions as modern or backward, seeing the nation statehood as the highest and best form of political organization, and viewing world politics as the outcome of the pursuit of primacy by competing states.Exploring the elements of geographical imagination and how they have come together in different historical and modern epochs, this updated new edition examines:the implications of recent world events such as September 11th continued expansion of the EU and NATOthe near bankruptcy and failure of various statesthe re-ignition of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Providing a lucid analysis of how world politics has come to be practised in its present form, Agnew identifies and argues for an alternative, given the costs visited on the world in twentieth century by the practice of the modern geographical imagination. Back Cover Despite challenges to its domination, the way modern-world politics is conducted is structured by a set of understandings dating back to the rise of the European powers. Here, John Agnew systematically explores how Europeans in a position of global power imposed their ways and views on others through visualizing the world as a whole, defining world regions as modern or backward, seeing the nation statehood as the highest and best form of political organization, and viewing world politics as the outcome of the pursuit of primacy by competing states.Exploring the elements of geographical imagination and how they have come together in different historical and modern epochs, this updated new edition examines: the implications of recent world events such as September 11 th continued expansion of the EU and NATO the near bankruptcy and failure of various states the re-ignition of the Israeli-Palestine conflict. Providing a lucid analysis of how world politics has come to be practised in its present form, Agnew identifies and argues for an alternative, given the costs visited on the world in twentieth Author Biography John Agnew is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Visualizing Global Space 3. Turning Time into Space 4. A World of Territorial States 5. Pursuing Primacy 6. The Three Ages of Geopolitics 7. A New Age of Global Geopolitics? 8. Conclusion Review Extremely stimulating for political geographers Geography Long Description Agnew explores the elements of geographical imagination and how they have come together in different historical and modern epochs. The new edition examines the implications of recent world events such as September 11th, continued expansion of the EU and NATO, the near bankruptcy and failure of various states, and the re-ignition of the Israeli-Palestine conflict, on such a worldview. Review Quote John Agnew has long been recognized as one of geographys most creative theorists of the interaction between place, politics, and the economy ... in this book, Agnew is concerned with why the modern geopolitical imagination has had such a long-lasting hold on how the international political order is conceptualized. In other words, how and why did what eventually evolved into the standard principles of contemporary geopolitics, develop? ... the book is well written, thoughtful, creative, and persuasive. It should prove to be an important milestone in the development of geographic thought in years to come. - Fred M. Shelley, Annals of the Association of American Geographers (2000) ... [it] is an indication of the wealth of ideas introduced in Agnews study that each chapter leads on to a detailed discussion of key elements of todays debates around politics, power and spatiality. The text is clearly written, coherently structured and attractively produced. Geopolitics deserves to be widely read by students of geography, politics and international relations. - David Slater, Progress in Human Geography (2000) At a time when geopolitics is so often at the center of the news and academic debate, this book provides a lucid historical and geographical study of the evolution of the modern geopolitical imagination. The books intellectual breadth spans from post-colonial critique of Western-centric global mappings to international political-economy analysis of global finance. Through it all, the diverse ways in which visions of theworld-as-a-whole have been deployed by powerful elites are carefully charted. The result is an exemplary geo-history of geopolitics and, as such, an important caution against arrogant uses of the term in popular commentary. - Matthew Sparke, The Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington Concise and clear, historical and critical, this magisterial overview clearly shows how modern spatial conceptions of the world underwrite politics, economics, states, identities and violence. - Simon Dalby, Carleton University, Canada In a world of proliferating references to Geopolitics, the re-visionings in this accessible book explore how and why there is so much more to Geopolitics than first meets the eye. - James D. Sidaway, National University of Singapore Details ISBN0415310075 Author John Agnew Short Title GEOPOLITICS 2/E Language English Edition 2nd ISBN-10 0415310075 ISBN-13 9780415310079 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 320.12 Illustrations Yes Year 2003 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Replaces 9780415140959 DOI 10.1604/9780415310079 UK Release Date 2003-08-07 AU Release Date 2003-08-07 NZ Release Date 2003-08-07 Pages 168 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Edition Description 2nd edition Publication Date 2003-08-07 Alternative 9780367242190 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Subtitle Re-visioning World Politics We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134416221;

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