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O Espaço do Cidadão
A atividade econômica e a herança social distribuem os homens desigualmente no espaço e fazem com que noções de rede urbana ou sistema de cidades não tenham validade para a maioria das pessoas.
Neste livro "O Espaço do Cidadão", o geógrafo Milton Santos trata da questão da cidadania pelo ângulo geográfico e mostra como a mobilidade ou o imobilismo tornam-se categorias de análise. Com o intuito de contribuir para o debate da redemocratização brasileira, as análises são feitas a partir da realidade do país, mas tentam abarcar também a de outros países subdesenvolvidos.
Neste livro "O Espaço do Cidadão", o geógrafo Milton Santos trata da questão da cidadania pelo ângulo geográfico e mostra como a mobilidade ou o imobilismo tornam-se categorias de análise. Com o intuito de contribuir para o debate da redemocratização brasileira, as análises são feitas a partir da realidade do país, mas tentam abarcar também a de outros países subdesenvolvidos.
142 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1987
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Milton Santos
62 books62 followersMilton Santos was a Brazilian geographer.
Milton changed his world, by studying and teaching, onto an impressive path. He studied and he taught in Europe, America and Africa. He turned the painful exile that the military dictatorship imposed on him for thirteen years into benefits. Milton Santos wrote more than forty books in several languages; his work became a reference for all those who intend to understand in a critical way the current world. He was such an optimistic thinker, before anything else, that he got to distinguish the new from the innovative, concepts that he radically differentiated.
A serious and combative geographer, he didn't spare anyone of severe criticism -- politicians, intellectuals, department friends, and even the more faithful students. Gray hair appeared in his last years, but the professor would always appear in long-sleeve shirts and red tie, dressed with the same seriousness with which he worked with knowledge.
Some of his books include "Por Uma Geografia Nova" (1978) and "A Natureza do Espaço" (1996). His work "O Espaço Dividido" is considered a geography classic: in it Santos develops a theory on urban development in underdeveloped countries.
Milton Santos won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize, which is the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography. The award is modelled on the Nobel Prize, and it is considered and colloquially called the Nobel prize for geography.
Milton changed his world, by studying and teaching, onto an impressive path. He studied and he taught in Europe, America and Africa. He turned the painful exile that the military dictatorship imposed on him for thirteen years into benefits. Milton Santos wrote more than forty books in several languages; his work became a reference for all those who intend to understand in a critical way the current world. He was such an optimistic thinker, before anything else, that he got to distinguish the new from the innovative, concepts that he radically differentiated.
A serious and combative geographer, he didn't spare anyone of severe criticism -- politicians, intellectuals, department friends, and even the more faithful students. Gray hair appeared in his last years, but the professor would always appear in long-sleeve shirts and red tie, dressed with the same seriousness with which he worked with knowledge.
Some of his books include "Por Uma Geografia Nova" (1978) and "A Natureza do Espaço" (1996). His work "O Espaço Dividido" is considered a geography classic: in it Santos develops a theory on urban development in underdeveloped countries.
Milton Santos won the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize, which is the highest award that can be gained in the field of geography. The award is modelled on the Nobel Prize, and it is considered and colloquially called the Nobel prize for geography.
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August 10, 2021
O professor Milton Santos foi um gênio, muito a frente do seu tempo, construiu um legado admirável. Nesse livro ele crítica vários aspectos do capitalismo e instiga o leitor a pensar sua situação no espaço.
Ele debate sobre o conceito de cidadania e nos incentiva a questionar se somos realmente cidadãos e quantos de nós sabem que, de fato, estamos longe de alcançar a cidadania plena.
Além disso, o livro é interessante para pensar sobre o consumismo e a alienação; A cultura de massas e a cultura popular; Sobre as diferenças regionais, migração, pobreza, democracia e política, mobilidade urbana, entre outros. Esse é um belo exemplo do quanto Milton Santos é multifacetado e traz debates comuns a várias disciplinas.
Ele debate sobre o conceito de cidadania e nos incentiva a questionar se somos realmente cidadãos e quantos de nós sabem que, de fato, estamos longe de alcançar a cidadania plena.
Além disso, o livro é interessante para pensar sobre o consumismo e a alienação; A cultura de massas e a cultura popular; Sobre as diferenças regionais, migração, pobreza, democracia e política, mobilidade urbana, entre outros. Esse é um belo exemplo do quanto Milton Santos é multifacetado e traz debates comuns a várias disciplinas.
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