Geographical Thought

Reviews from the 1st Edition:

"… it is excellent in parts, providing easy access to some major themes and moments in recent human geography .[…] what is covers it does so in ways from which many students will benefit."

Professor Ron Johnston, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 2012.

"The authors have done their homework. Even the chapters on older approaches like Marxism have a freshness, and Nayak and Jeffrey have not relied on previous textbook accounts when authoring their own. The duo also write well. […] [They] have produced an accomplished text that students will find accessible and lecturers most useful."

Professor Noel Castree, Progress in Human Geography, 2013.

"Nayak and Jeffrey have succeeded in breathing new life into a topic that too many students shy away from as dry of difficult. This book looks set to change all that."

Professor Emeritus David Clarke, University of Swansea

"Geographical Thought gives an ambitious overview of the state of affairs in Human Geography … this magisterial book … has resulted in a work that is anything but cold or humdrum. Filled to the brim with insights, clear conceptual definitions, useful references, elucidating boxes, illustrations and maps. Geographical Thought promises to become the defining textbook for every geographer interested in the reworkings of culture in contemporary Human Geography. And in my view, that should include everyone."

Professor Ewald Engelen, University of Amsterdam

"This book should become a core text for all students getting to grips with the flow of new ideas and theories in contemporary human geography. It is admirably clear, comprehensive and intellectually lively."

Professor Alastair Bonnett, Newcastle University

Reviews for the 2nd Edition:

"An exceedingly well conceived and executed volume. I felt old reading it, so up-to-date and cutting edge were its topics, references, interpretations, and allusions. The writing sparkled, and the scene-setting introductions to each of the chapters from the many lives of David Bowie to the Stonewall riots were alone worth the price of admission. Majestic in its breadth of coverage, but always meticulously attentive to detail, historical and geographical. The book is the history of earth writing – geography – at its finest."

Professor Trevor Barnes, University of British Columbia

"Geographical Thought is a must-read introductory text that guides readers to understand why geographical knowledge has, does, and will continue to matter if we want to make sense of the world around us. Nayak and Jeffrey offer engaging and fresh perspectives on key concepts and theories, helping readers to see the world through a critical geographical lens."

Professor James Esson, Queen Mary University of London

"This exciting book offers the underpinning of geographical concepts and theories that are crucial for engaging with geographies, and understandings of spaces and the people that co-create them. Explorations of experience, differences and the powers are central to not only what re-constitutes geographical thinking, but also the resistances to dominant considerations of geographical knowledge. A core book for students of all levels to provide a central engagement with the discipline."

Professor Kath Browne, University College Dublin

"Now incorporating some of the latest disciplinary scholarship around the Anthropocene and decolonization, this second edition of Geographical Thought is an engaging, lucid, and well-written book that makes it clear to students exactly how geographical theorization can help them make sense of, and critically engage with, the worlds around them. This book is an empowering resource for all Geography students."

Professor Tariq Jazeel, University College London