Benno Werlen lectures in Geography at the University of Zurich.

• Chapter 1 Space and causality, or Whatever happened to the subject?; Chapter 2 The objective perspective; Chapter 3 The subjective standpoint; Chapter 4 An epistemological synthesis; Chapter 5 Social theories of action; Chapter 6 Geographical space and society; Chapter 7 The space of social theory; Chapter 8 The space of social action; Conclusions;

'... constructed from in-depth and scholarly discussions of eminent sources: Popper, Schutz, Pareto, Weber ...' - Environment and Planning'... argues persuasively that the central object of social geography is action and not space.' - Environment and Planning'The author, evidently, has a huge axe to grind.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement