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• Communicative rationality
  ... within rationality. With his key definition he shifts the emphasis in our concept of rationality form the conceptual tot the social (www.csudh.edu). The inst
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• Conceived space
  ...ning (Hubbard, Kitchin, & Valentine, 2009, p. 210). Lefebvre broadened the concept of production to social production, hence social space can be seen as a soc Hubbard, P., Kitchin, R. & Valentine, G. (2009). ''Key Thinkers on Space and Place, 2nd edition''. Padstow: TJ International.
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• Derek Gregory
  == Key concepts == [[Dividing practices]] is a key concept of Derek Gregory in his postcolonial theory. Dividing practices are practic
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• Discourse
  The term ''discourse'' has become one of the key terms in the vocabulary of the humanities and the social sciences. For with *In [[discourse analysis]]: A generalization of the concept of conversation within all modalities and contexts.
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• Dividing practices
  This is a key concept of [[Derek Gregory]] in his postcolonial theory.
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• Edward Said
  Postcolonialism is a contested concept given diverse aims and content by different scholars. In general, postcolon == Key ideas ==
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• Edward Soja
  ...l attention is given to the (third) notion of space, which is an essential concept for Soja, arguing that it “is characteristically erased in conventional s [[Category: Post-structuralism]] [[Category: Key Thinkers]]
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• Enclosure
  ...ulated and policed. The third addresses the significance of enclosure as a key dimension of our colonial present. While studies of [[colonialism]] underli
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• Felix Guattari
  ...a, Francis Bacon); on the other, eclectic philosophical tomes organized by concept (e.g., difference, sense, events, schizophrenia, cinema, philosophy). Regar Many other (contemporary) key thinkers refer to this product in their own work. For example [[Michel Fouc
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• Heterotopia
  ...''. (Foucault, 1967) It functions as a concept within human geography. Its key element is to describe places and spaces functioning in a non-hegemonic sta
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• Human agency
  ...hich determinist thinking does not leave space open for human agency. This concept is also about the responsibility of acts, which seen from this perspective * Lippuner, R. (2010). ''Benno Werlen as Key Thinker on Space and Place.'' Jena University
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• Intention
  The core concept for [[Max Weber|Weber]] is intentionality. Intentionality is directed to th ...l according to your knowledge. (Werlen lecture 28-09-2010). Weber uses the concept of intention (meinen) in his very own special way in his sociology. Weber
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• Language Pragmatics
  ...ication and relies on interpretation and acceptance of other actors. A key concept that is close related with Language is [[transaction costs]]. In this appro
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• Maurice Merleau Ponty
  == Key Contributions == ...to the Cartesian cogito. This is not the same as the traditional mind-body concept. This distinction is important because Ponty perceives the essences of the
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• Max Weber
  Max Weber was one of the key thinkers of the instrumental rationalist [[action theory]]. This contains t .... Max Weber’s ''verstehen'' emphasizes the importance he ascribed to the concept of meaningful individual action in his theory of society (Campbell, 1981).
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• Michel Foucault
  == Key concepts == ... intrinsic feeling that makes people act in an ‘appropriate’ way. (His concept of the [[panopticon]] became one of his most famous examples) (Sharp, 2000,
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• Michel Foucault's Geography
  ... and is known as one of the key figures in poststructuralist thinking. His concept of spaces of dispersion advocates a way of seeing the social world through * Hubbard, Phil., Kitchin, Rob., Valentine, Gill (eds) (2004) Key Thinkers on Space and Place, Sage, London.
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• Normative Rationality
  ... be outlined first: “Rationality” and “[[Coordination]]” were key concept of Jürgen Habermas typology of actions in language pragmatics serving as i
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• Paul Vidal de la Blache
  == Key contributions == Vidal de la Blache is often referred in relation to the concept of '''[[Possibilism]]''' that he introduced. He spoke and reflected on the
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• Performativity
  ...ocial scientists such as [[Jacques Derrida]], Felman and Butler. The basic concept however has been developed by Austin. ... the idea in her research about gender. Geographers have been drawn to her concept of performativity as a model for thinking about sexual and gender identitie
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