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Metamorfoses do espaço habitado: Fundamentos teóricos e metodológicos da geografia

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Milton Santos concebeu este livro em colaboração com Denise Elias visando debater algumas realidades do presente e os conceitos delas resultantes. Para isso, procura situar a geografia no contexto do mundo atual, buscando, ademais, rediscutir categorias tradicionais e sugerir algumas linhas de reflexão metodológica, tomando como ponto de partida as metamorfoses do espaço habitado. Para o autor, não é suficiente falar do espaço, é preciso também definir categorias de análise à luz da história concreta, diferenciando-o, assim, da paisagem e da configuração territorial, ainda que estas compareçam como categorias fundamentais para seu entendimento. Nessa discussão, tem papel fundamental o reconhecimento da imbricação crescente entre o natural e o artificial, tema que permite retomar a discussão sobre a dicotomia entre geografia física e geografia humana.

126 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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Milton Santos

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Milton 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.

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March 13, 2026
(março/2026) Li inteiro pela primeira vez para relembrar alguns conceitos trabalhados na faculdade. Os textos muito tranquilos e já trabalhei alguns trechos com alunos em sala de aula. Recomendo para quem for professor e quer abordar globalização e espaços desiguais.
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August 12, 2020
Uma boa introdução ao pensamento de Milton Santos. Trabalha alguns de seus conceitos fundamentais.
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August 23, 2014
ai, milton é importante, teve ideias bacanas, mas é tãããããão chato de ler...
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