Looking forward to new realist debates

Sayer, Andrew (2013) Looking forward to new realist debates. Dialogues in Human Geography, 3 (1). pp. 1-4. ISSN 2043-8206

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Abstract

This response to Kevin Cox (2013) links questions relating to critical realism to recent debates on assemblage theory in geography. It argues that similar issues about ontology have been raised in the latter’s version of realism, though they have been answered differently. A key difference between the two is assemblage theory’s rejection of internal relations in favour of a more restrictive ontology of universal external relations. I argue that we need to avoid both the totalizing view of the world implied in some of Cox’s (2013) comments and the external relations only ontology of assemblage theory.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Dialogues in Human Geography
Subjects:
?? assemblage approachexternal and internal relations ontologyrealism ??
ID Code:
65541
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Deposited On:
10 Jul 2013 10:35
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 14:05