Geography, materialism, and the neo-vitalist turn
Gandy M, Jasper S (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 7
Pages Range: 140-144
Issue: 2
Abstract
In her article ‘Rethinking the subject, reimagining worlds,’ Susan M. Ruddick adds to a growing body of geographical literature that adopts a neo-vitalist approach to the understanding of nature and the human subject. In this brief article we suggest that whilst Ruddick’s argument raises many interesting points it is nonetheless hampered by a limited engagement with the historiography of scientific metaphors and the wider ethical and political tensions engendered by a contemporary recourse to vitalist ontologies.
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APA:
Gandy, M., & Jasper, S. (2017). Geography, materialism, and the neo-vitalist turn. Dialogues in Human Geography, 7, 140-144. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820617717848
MLA:
Gandy, Matthew, and Sandra Jasper. "Geography, materialism, and the neo-vitalist turn." Dialogues in Human Geography 7 (2017): 140-144.
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