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- Book Title
- Abysmal: A Critique of Cartographic Reason
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226629309
ISBN-13
9780226629308
eBay Product ID (ePID)
54247823
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
584 Pages
Publication Name
Abysmal : a Critique of Cartographic Reason
Language
English
Subject
Cartography, History & Surveys / General, Earth Sciences / Geography, General, Rhetoric, History & Surveys / Modern, Movements / Rationalism
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Philosophy, Technology & Engineering, Language Arts & Disciplines, Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.2 in
Item Weight
49.2 Oz
Item Length
1 in
Item Width
0.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-016776
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"An important contribution to the philosophy of geography in general and the discussion of the dominant ''cartographic reason'' in Western society in particular. . . . [The author''s] cartographic analogies and metaphors can only enrich the recent debates on how to rethink maps and the human dimensions of cartography."-J. Seeman, Geographical Review, "In Abysmal, we encounter an author we have known for years as one who always stimulates new thinking, pushes us to understand in different registers, and unsettles the all too easy fixings of meaning with which we so often work. . . . This is an outstanding work. . . . Throughout the writing exudes a captivating playfulness and pleasure. Even though the manuscript is long, the writing is clear, even spare, and always crisply analytical. Arguments are carefuly developed with rich, evocative analysis and fascinating (at times humorous) authorial comment and aside. Throughout, this is a work of erudition, a tightly woven fabric of precision. . . . It contantly probes and opens new lines of flight, new possibilities for thinking thought-and-action. It became for me a kind of magical toolbox; providing this or that insight which helped focus issues that had earlier been only vaguely perceived."-John Pickles, Geografiska Annaler, "The appearance of a new book by Gunnar Olsson is a matter of considerable intellectual excitement, and here we have the culmination of his decades-long exploration of the deep structure-the grammar-of human thought and action. The result is a compelling and inspiring analysis of cartographic reason and its limits, of how maps and mapping serve as forms of reasoning which contain within them all the fixed points and taken for granted assumptions about what it means to be human. WithAbysmalOlsson has sketched an atlas of the human condition-it is a quite remarkable work, vast in scope and ambition."-Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley, An important contribution to the philosophy of geography in general and the discussion of the dominant 'cartographic reason' in Western society in particular. . . . [The author's] cartographic analogies and metaphors can only enrich the recent debates on how to rethink maps and the human dimensions of cartography., The appearance of a new book by Gunnar Olsson is a matter of considerable intellectual excitement, and here we have the culmination of his decades-long exploration of the deep structure--the grammar--of human thought and action. The result is a compelling and inspiring analysis of cartographic reason and its limits, of how maps and mapping serve as forms of reasoning which contain within them all the fixed points and taken for granted assumptions about what it means to be human. With Abysmal Olsson has sketched an atlas of the human condition--it is a quite remarkable work, vast in scope and ambition., "The appearance of a new book by Gunnar Olsson is a matter of considerable intellectual excitement, and here we have the culmination of his decades-long exploration of the deep structure-the grammar-of human thought and action. The result is a compelling and inspiring analysis of cartographic reason and its limits, of how maps and mapping serve as forms of reasoning which contain within them all the fixed points and taken for granted assumptions about what it means to be human. With Abysmal Olsson has sketched an atlas of the human condition-it is a quite remarkable work, vast in scope and ambition."-Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley, A spectacular reading of Western philosophy, religion, and mythology that draws on early maps and atlases, Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein, Thomas Pynchon, Gilgamesh, and Marcel Duchamp entices Olsson to wander widely but always return to the problems inherent in reason, to question the outdated assumptions and fixed ideas that thinking cartographically entails. A work of ambition, scope, and sharp wit, Abysmal will appeal to an eclectic audience--to geographers and cartographers, but also to anyone interested in the history of ideas, culture, and art., ""Abysmal" is a massive undertaking that captivates the reader at every twist and turn. Complex ideas are developed in relationship to one another, refracting across many primary texts of Western thought. The terrain covered by Olsson is seemingly unbounded, but throughout the haunting figure of the critique of cartographic reason is interrogated. To read each chapter is to experience a heady, sparkling flow of thought-in-action from a scholar who has devoted his life to asking what it is to live in the world; what it is to be human."--John Pickles, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "An important contribution to the philosophy of geography in general and the discussion of the dominant ''cartographic reason'' in Western society in particular. . . . [The author''s] cartographic analogies and metaphors can only enrich the recent debates on how to rethink maps and the human dimensions of cartography."J. Seeman, Geographical Review, In Abysmal , we encounter an author we have known for years as one who always stimulates new thinking, pushes us to understand in different registers, and unsettles the all too easy fixings of meaning with which we so often work. . . . This is an outstanding work. . . . Throughout the writing exudes a captivating playfulness and pleasure. Even though the manuscript is long, the writing is clear, even spare, and always crisply analytical. Arguments are carefuly developed with rich, evocative analysis and fascinating (at times humorous) authorial comment and aside. Throughout, this is a work of erudition, a tightly woven fabric of precision. . . . It contantly probes and opens new lines of flight, new possibilities for thinking thought-and-action. It became for me a kind of magical toolbox; providing this or that insight which helped focus issues that had earlier been only vaguely perceived., "In Abysmal , we encounter an author we have known for years as one who always stimulates new thinking, pushes us to understand in different registers, and unsettles the all too easy fixings of meaning with which we so often work. . . . This is an outstanding work. . . . Throughout the writing exudes a captivating playfulness and pleasure. Even though the manuscript is long, the writing is clear, even spare, and always crisply analytical. Arguments are carefuly developed with rich, evocative analysis and fascinating (at times humorous) authorial comment and aside. Throughout, this is a work of erudition, a tightly woven fabric of precision. . . . It contantly probes and opens new lines of flight, new possibilities for thinking thought-and-action. It became for me a kind of magical toolbox; providing this or that insight which helped focus issues that had earlier been only vaguely perceived."John Pickles, Geografiska Annaler, "The appearance of a new book by Gunnar Olsson is a matter of considerable intellectual excitement, and here we have the culmination of his decades-long exploration of the deep structurethe grammarof human thought and action. The result is a compelling and inspiring analysis of cartographic reason and its limits, of how maps and mapping serve as forms of reasoning which contain within them all the fixed points and taken for granted assumptions about what it means to be human. With Abysmal Olsson has sketched an atlas of the human conditionit is a quite remarkable work, vast in scope and ambition."Michael Watts, University of California, Berkeley, " Abysmal is the career summation of a geographer extraordinaire who through a combination of play, experiment, erudition, and a deeply humanistic sensibility has held up geography's end in the epoch-defining period of critical thought and philosophy of the recent past. This book, through its many plays on the idea of the map and mapping, is a magisterial expression of not only Olsson's legacy but of the legacy of that entire period which infuses so much of what the human sciences are still capable in a time of fear and anticipation."--George Marcus, University of California, Irvine, "Abysmalis the career summation of a geographer extraordinaire who through a combination of play, experiment, erudition, and a deeply humanistic sensibility has held up geography's end in the epoch-defining period of critical thought and philosophy of the recent past. This book, through its many plays on the idea of the map and mapping, is a magisterial expression of not only Olsson's legacy but of the legacy of that entire period which infuses so much of what the human sciences are still capable in a time of fear and anticipation."--George Marcus, University of California, Irvine, "In Abysmal , we encounter an author we have known for years as one who always stimulates new thinking, pushes us to understand in different registers, and unsettles the all too easy fixings of meaning with which we so often work. . . . This is an outstanding work. . . . Throughout the writing exudes a captivating playfulness and pleasure. Even though the manuscript is long, the writing is clear, even spare, and always crisply analytical. Arguments are carefuly developed with rich, evocative analysis and fascinating (at times humorous) authorial comment and aside. Throughout, this is a work of erudition, a tightly woven fabric of precision. . . . It contantly probes and opens new lines of flight, new possibilities for thinking thought-and-action. It became for me a kind of magical toolbox; providing this or that insight which helped focus issues that had earlier been only vaguely perceived."-John Pickles, Geografiska Annaler, The appearance of a new book by Gunnar Olsson is a matter of considerable intellectual excitement, and here we have the culmination of his decades-long exploration of the deep structure-the grammar-of human thought and action. The result is a compelling and inspiring analysis of cartographic reason and its limits, of how maps and mapping serve as forms of reasoning which contain within them all the fixed points and taken for granted assumptions about what it means to be human. With Abysmal Olsson has sketched an atlas of the human condition-it is a quite remarkable work, vast in scope and ambition.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
190
Table Of Content
CONFESSION Desires non-suppressed PRELUDE Border-man MAPPINGS When above And below In-between Mappae mundi medievalis INSTRUMENTS Saussurean Bar A=B Quod erat IMAGINATIONS Plato Abr(ah)am Moses Kant COLLATION Mission impossible ATLAS Uruk Peniel Thebes Nicaea REQUIEM Philadelphia Uppsala MEMORIALS Notes Bibliography Proper Names (In)definite descriptions Acknowledgments
Synopsis
People rely on reason to think about and navigate the abstract world of human relations in much the same way they rely on maps to study and traverse the physical world. Starting from that simple observation, renowned geographer Gunnar Olsson offers in Abysmal an astonishingly erudite critique of the way human thought and action have become deeply immersed in the rhetoric of cartography and how this cartographic reasoning allows the powerful to map out other people's lives. A spectacular reading of Western philosophy, religion, and mythology that draws on early maps and atlases, Plato, Kant, and Wittgenstein, Thomas Pynchon, Gilgamesh , and Marcel Duchamp, Abysmal is itself a minimalist guide to the terrain of Western culture. Olsson roams widely but always returns to the problems inherent in reason, to question the outdated assumptions and fixed ideas that thinking cartographically entails. A work of ambition, scope, and sharp wit, Abysmal will appeal to an eclectic audience--to geographers and cartographers, but also to anyone interested in the history of ideas, culture, and art.
LC Classification Number
B804.O47 2007
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