Editors:
- Makes the Latin American Santos's work accessible to the English speaking world
- Introduces Santos' main theories and concepts and documents how they are applied to several research areas in the social sciences
- Presents short chapters of up to 5000 words to make Santos's theories more accessible and easy to read
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice (PAHSEP, volume 11)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
For decades, Milton Santos (1926-2001) has been considered one of the most influential thinkers in Brazilian and Latin American social sciences and geography. Yet his writings, most of which have not been translated into English, are largely unknown to European and North American audiences. This book introduces English-speaking scholars to Professor Santos through critical engagement with his ideas and writings. The chapters presented here reveal the breadth and originality of his critical thought, as well as its ongoing importance to contemporary debates.The book features a biography of Santos and includes an annotated translation of one of his most-cited texts, The Return of the Territory, offered here for the first time in English. This text demonstrates how Santos’s provocative insights continue to transform core concepts of political and human geography. The book also includes a number of short chapters written by scholars from Brazil, Spain and France. Through reflections on Santos’s work, the various authors demonstrate the value and possibilities of extending the geographer’s theories. They explore key geographical themes across politicaleconomy, rural studies, territorial planning, environmental crisis, digital networks, indigenous peoples, transportation and public health. This collection invites geographers from around the world to engage with this rich intellectual tradition from Brazil.
Editors and Affiliations
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Faculty of Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Lucas Melgaço
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Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Carolyn Prouse
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Milton Santos: A Pioneer in Critical Geography from the Global South
Editors: Lucas Melgaço, Carolyn Prouse
Series Title: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53826-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53825-9Published: 16 May 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85250-8Published: 28 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53826-6Published: 08 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2509-5579
Series E-ISSN: 2509-5587
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 165
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: International Political Economy, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions)