Territoriality, map-mindedness, and the politics of place

• Published in: Theory and society Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 169 - 201
• Main Author: Leslie, Camilo Arturo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.04.2016; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cartography; Cognition; Cognition & reasoning; Colonies & territories; Communities; Community service; Geography; Identification; Legitimation; Mapping; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Political science; Political sociology; Politics; Production; Social Sciences; Sociologists; Sociology; Territoriality; Territories; Traffic; New York; Chicago Illinois; Mali; Sri Lanka; Cartography; Territory; Legitimacy; Political sociology; Cognitive mapping; Place-affect

Political sociologists have paid closer attention of late to the territoriality of political communities, and have even begun theorizing the theme of territoriality's legitimation. To date, however, the field has mostly overlooked the topic of maps, the quintessential territorial tool. Thus, we...