Books in the Knowledge and Space series

Do traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself.

Do traditional distinctions between "belief" and "knowledge" still make sense? This book explores conflicts between various types of knowledge, especially between orthodox and heterodox knowledge systems, ranging from religious fundamentalism to heresies within the scientific community itself.

Topics include the control and manipulation of knowledge through centers of power in historical contexts, the geopolitics of knowledge about world politics, media control in twentieth century, cartography in modern war, the power of words, the changing face of Islamic authority, and the role of Millennialism in the United States.

This book focuses on the multiple relationships between knowledge, the economy and space, assembling new concepts and original empirical research from such disciplines as geography, economics, sociology, international business relations and management.

This book is designed to extend the field of organizational learning in several ways. The contributions enrich the spatial turn in organization studies by offering fresh insights for researchers who seek to attend to the contextual dimensions of the phenomena they are studying.

This book focuses on the multiple relationships between knowledge, the economy and space, assembling new concepts and original empirical research from such disciplines as geography, economics, sociology, international business relations and management.

This volume explores interdependencies between knowledge, action, and space from different interdisciplinary perspectives. Some of the contributors discuss knowledge as a social construct based on collective action, while others look at knowledge as an individual capacity for action.

This book presents theoretical and methodical discussions on local knowledge and indigenous knowledge.

This volume explores interdependencies between knowledge, action, and space from different interdisciplinary perspectives. Some of the contributors discuss knowledge as a social construct based on collective action, while others look at knowledge as an individual capacity for action.

This open access book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. The book includes reflections on civil and uncivil society, the role of civil society as a change agent, and on civil society perspectives of undone science.

This open access book focuses on the role of civil society in the creation, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge in geographical contexts. The book includes reflections on civil and uncivil society, the role of civil society as a change agent, and on civil society perspectives of undone science.

This open access book explores the nexus between knowledge and space with a particular emphasis on the role of educational settings that are, both, shaping and being reshaped by socio-economic and political processes.