The Birth of Territory

Informationen zum Autor Stuart Elden is professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick. He is the author of four books, including, most recently, Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty . Klappentext Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and, indeed, functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. This title provides an account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought. "This is a brilliant intellectual exegesis of the concept of territory that will be of wide interest in a range of academic fields, from international relations to historical sociology and the history of political thought."--John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles Zusammenfassung Territory is one of the central political concepts of the modern world and! indeed! functions as the primary way the world is divided and controlled politically. This title provides an account of the emergence of territory within Western political thought.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Elden, Stuart (Durham University) Elden
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226202570
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20257-0
• No. of pages: 488
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 30 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Geopolitics, Political science & theory, Political science and theory