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1、TIMESPACEThesocialsciencesandhumanitieshaverecentlytakena‘spatialturn’,withworkersdrawinguponarangeofgeographicalconceptsandmetaphorstoexploreanincreasinglycomplexanddifferentiatedsocialworld.Elsewhere,interesthasgrownintherolethatdifferingconceptualisationsoftimeplay
2、inshapingourunderstandingsoftheworld.TimeSpaceisthefirstbooktobringtheseintereststogether.Ratherthanthinkingintermsofeithertimeorspace,itarguesthatouraccountsofthesocialworldmustdrawinsteaduponthemorecomplexnotionofTimeSpace.Withcontributorsdrawnfromarangeofdiscipline
3、s,includingGeography,Sociology,GenderStudies,InternationalStudiesandEnglishLiterature,TimeSpaceiswide-ranginginbothsubstantiveandtheoreticalscope.Inthefirstpartofthevolumecontributorsexplorethe‘Making’and‘Living’ofTimeSpace.Chaptersexaminepastandpresentchangesintimean
4、dtimeconsciousnessandthemeaningofsuchchangesforthepeoplelivingthroughthem;changingunder-standingsofModernisationandProgressandthegeographiesthatunderpinthem;andtherolethatunderstandingsofTimeSpaceplayinprojectsofnationalandracialidentityandthepoliticsofBelonging.Inthe
5、secondpartofthevolume,‘Living-ThinkingTimeSpace’,attentionisturnedtothewaysinwhichwemightmostusefullyconceptualiseTimeSpaceitself–whetherdrawingontheper-spectivesofarejuvenatedtime-geography,somevariationofLefebvre’srhythmanalysis,phenomenologyorBuddhism.Attheheartoft
6、hevolumeliesachallengetoallthosewhohaveuncriticallyembracedtherecent‘spatialturn’andtothoseworkinginthefieldoftimestudiestothinkintermsofneitheronlytimeorspacebutamulti-dimensional,partialandunevenTimeSpace.JonMayisLecturerinGeography,atQueenMary,UniversityofLondon.Ni
7、gelThriftisProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofBristol.CRITICALGEOGRAPHIESEditedbyTraceySkelton,LecturerinInternationalStudies,NottinghamTrentUniversity,andGillValentine,ProfessorofGeography,TheUniversityofSheffieldThisseriesofferscutting-edgeresearchorganisedintothr
8、eethemesofconcepts,scaleandtransformations.Itisaimedatupper-levelundergraduates,researchstudentsandacademicsandwillfacilitat