David,
I would let the CGF moderators respond. Raju
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> Date: Fri, 26 Nov 1999 16:21:00 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
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> Subject: Re: : Professor Kevin Cox is coming to Dundee, Aberdeen and Glasgow
> From: David Crouch <[log in to unmask]>
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> SURELY TRANSCENDANT!!! Is this the Second Coming, or Cherie blair`s
> new one?
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> On Fri, 26 Nov 1999 15:48:41 GMT Raju Das <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Dear All,
> >
> > This is esp. for those who are/will be in and around the
> > Dundee-Aberdeen-Glasgow region in the first week of December.
> >
> > Professor Kevin Cox from the Ohio State University, Columbus, USA,
> > is visiting Scotland. He is giving a talk at the following places.
> >
> > University of Dundee, Monday 13th December, 4pm : contact
> > person Raju Das ([log in to unmask])
> >
> > University of Aberdeen, Tuesday 14th December, 5pm : Contact
> > person K.Chapman ([log in to unmask])
> >
> > University of Strathclyde, Wednesday 15th December, 4 pm :
> > Contact person R.Rogerson ([log in to unmask])
> >
> > The title of his talk is: Spatial Imaginaries and Reconceptualizing
> > Human Geography.
> >
> > Professor Cox's main interest, as many of you would know, is in the
> > relation between social theory, particularly political economy, and
> > geography. His more specific interests are critical realist method
> > and marxist social theory. He has tried to apply his more
> > abstract ideas to the specific issues such as the politics of
> > urbanization in advanced societies and the spatial aspects of
> > political economy of South Africa. Professor Cox is a tremendously
> > successful political geographer who has strong interests in both
> > theory and method. His work on levels of abstraction and on local
> > dependence (often referred to as Cox's theory of local dependence) is
> > widely cited.
> >
> > As a former student of his, I can say that there are very few
> > geographers who understand political economy and realize its
> > significance as much as Kevin does. As a critical realist, Kevin is
> > also sympathetic to certain approaches that are not political
> > economic or structuralist, although he is also critical of them.
> > Kevin is an exemplar of a critical geographer.
> >
> > If you want to understand how one of the top human geographers in
> > the world thinks and produces ideas, you must not miss Kevin's
> > lecture.
> >
> >
> > Raju
> >
> > Raju J Das
> > Department of Geography
> > University of Dundee
> > Dundee DD1 4HN
> > United Kingdom
> > Phone 01382 348073 work
> > 01382 737097 home
>
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> David Crouch
> Anglia Polytechnic University
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Raju J Das
Department of Geography
University of Dundee
Dundee DD1 4HN
United Kingdom
Phone 01382 348073 work
01382 737097 home
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