Realistic spatial abstraction? Marxist observations of a claim within critical realist geography

Progress in Human Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 545-567

  Roberts, John Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Critical realism; Hegemony; Marxism; Totality

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL THOUGHT; HEGEMONY; MARXISM; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0035556587     PISSN: 03091325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913201682688931     Document Type: Article

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