Geography Indivisible

How and Why Configuration Matters

Kevin R. Cox (Department of Geography, The Ohio State University)

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English

Routledge
26 August 2024

Geography; Human geography

In a context of disciplinary division between human and physical geography, the book seeks to reassert the unity of the field through an emphasis on a shared focus on the geographic configuration of things and how and why configuration is important.

It first examines previous approaches to reestablishing unity, and why they have failed, before moving on to an explanation of fundamental differences in what is being studied and how. The role of configuration looms large in both. This is in the sense of contingency and the idea of emergence, suggesting that reconstruction of unity can proceed through an exchange of models of understanding.

This book will appeal to those teaching courses or seminars in geographic thought or in the history of geographic thought.

By: Kevin R. Cox (Department of Geography The Ohio State University)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032424156
ISBN 10: 103242415X
Pages: 78
Publication Date: 26 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Kevin R. Cox is Emeritus Distinguished University Professor of Geography at Ohio State University. He is the author of numerous books, including Making Human Geography, The Politics of Urban and Regional Development, and the American Exception. He frequently blogs on his website Unfashionable Geographies.