What are we fighting for? Ideological posturing and anarchist geographies
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Recent debates in radical geography seem determined to be oppositional and in so doing simplify what is at stake. We need to celebrate and maintain the openness of geography to multiple perspectives while simultaneously developing more actionorientated, hopeful ways forward. Anarchist perspectives hold plenty of promise for radical geography, but only if we critically interrogate its principles and empirics.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017