The Spatial Logic of Social Struggle: A Bourdieuian Topology

“The author indicates convincingly that Bourdieu’s conception of space has implications for thinking in geography, architecture and urban sociology-fields in which Bourdieu has not been much deployed as a thinker…. This exposition of Bourdieu compares well with recent books on him which too often confine his work to the field of sociology. This brilliantly highlights the interconnectedness of Bourdieu’s fieldwork and philosophy and its applicability to everyday issues.” –Derek Robbins, University of East London

“Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most spatial of social theorists and the most useful for a practical understanding of the role of architecture and urban design in social reproduction. Fogle clearly articulates Bourdieu’s socio-spatial dialectic from a philosophical perspective. He applies this work to understand the creative destruction of capitalist urban development and the reproduction of social class under the guise of ‘critical’ architectural practice. The Spatial Logic of Social Struggle represents a major contribution to both the spatial turn in social theory and the social critique of urban spatial practice.” –Kim Dovey, University of Melbourne

“Fogle’s The Spatial Logic of Social Struggle brings to the fore an important but to a large extent overlooked domain of study in Bourdieu’s oeuvre: the dynamics between social and spatial structures. It is a piece of brilliant scholarly work, erudite, enlightening, and pedagogically clear. In addition it is indeed a pleasure to read.” –Lennart Rosenlund, Universitetet i Stavanger