Claude Raffestin (born 15 September 1936 in
Paris
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) is a
Swiss
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geographer. He is professor of
human geography
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at
University of Geneva
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.
Raffestin's work primarily deals with
territoriality and relies heavily on
Michel Foucault
Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how ...
’s work about power. His most influential book ''Pour une géographie du pouvoir'' has been translated into Spanish, Italian and (Brazilian) Portuguese.
[Francisco R. Klauser: ''Thinking through territoriality: introducing Claude Raffestin to Anglophone sociospatial theory'', p. 106.]
Publications
* C. Raffestin. 2012. Space, Territory, and Territoriality. ''Environment and Planning D: Society and Space''. 30(1):121-141.
doi:10.1068/d21311"Territoriality - A Reflection of the Discrepancies Between the Organization of Space and Individual Liberty" International Political Science Review, Vol. 5, No. 2, 139-146 (1984). DOI 10.1177/019251218400500205
"Could Foucault have revolutionized Geography?" In: ''Space, Knowledge and Power'', Chapter 14. Translated by Gerald Moore.
*''
Pour une géographie du pouvoir'', Librairies techniques, 1980 . (Italian: ''Per una geografia del potere'', 1983; Portuguese: ''Por uma geografia do poder'', 1993)
*''Géopolitique et histoire'' by Claude Raffestin,
Dario Lopreno and
Yvan Pasteur; Payot 1995.
"L’actualité et Michel Foucault" espacestemps, 2005.
*"Foucault aurait-il pu révolutionner la géographie?" In: ''Au risque de Foucault''. Paris: Éditions du Centre Pompidou, 1997, pp. 141–149.
Further reading
* Francisco R. Klauser: ''Thinking through territoriality: introducing Claude Raffestin to Anglophone sociospatial theory'', In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 30 (1), 2012, pp. 106 – 120.
* Juliet J. Fall: ''Reading Claude Raffestin: pathways for a critical biography''. In: Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 30 (1), 2012, pp. 173 – 189.
References
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Swiss geographers
French geographers
Living people
1936 births
Foucault scholars