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Between ontology and representation

Between ontology and representation

Authors :
Daniel Cockayne
Anna J. Secor
Derek Ruez
Johtamiskorkeakoulu - Faculty of Management
University of Tampere
Source :
Progress in Human Geography. 41:580-599
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
SAGE Publications, 2016.

Abstract

The concept of difference has long been integral to geographical thought. However, it is rare for geographers to consider precisely what difference is, or how it functions, and there are several contrasting traditions through which difference is understood. We argue that geographers could helpfully extend their theorizations of difference through Deleuze’s philosophy of ‘difference-in-itself’. We examine the value of a ‘difference-in-itself’ that views difference as generative, originary, and primary, in productive tension with conceptions of difference that tend to, purposefully or otherwise, subordinate difference to presupposed identity-based, representational categories, or dialectical forms of contradiction and opposition.

Details

ISSN :
14770288 and 03091325
Volume :
41
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Progress in Human Geography
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3cae1df73c33bc8b47883d360167b8df
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132516650028