李祖喬. / "2009年1月". / "2009 nian 1 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 87-93). / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Li Zuqiao. / Chapter 第一章 --- 序 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章 --- 消失的空間，及維園的公共空間政治 --- p.7 / Chapter 第三章 --- 一個現代公園的誕生一一作爲紀念性空間的維園 --- p.28 / Chapter 第四章 --- 等同邏輯、差異邏輯與殖民領導權 --- p.45 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結 --- p.83 / 參考書目 --- p.87

With the case of Tiananmen Square in Beijing, this thesis intervenes into the contemporary discourse of "politics of space". It argues that the two theoretical perspectives provided by the contemporary spatial theorists---the structuralist approach and the phenomenological approach, have obvious inadequacy in understanding the phenomena of space in human society. For this regard, this thesis suggests to build up a political theory of space, which has its solid foundations in the spatial ideas in the classical political theories. The political perspective of space emphasizes the politics of space in the ideal-praxis processes. The perspective affirms the existence of the "autonomous sphere of political action", which is in contrary to the social theory, in which "the political" is subsumed under the macro social processes. The case of Tiananmen Square will demonstrate how space is related to human's collective action in pursuing the political and social utopia. / Lee Ka Kiu. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2006. / 參考文獻(p. 232-263). / Adviser: Shu Yun Ma. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-03, Section: A, page: 1144. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2006. / Can kao wen xian (p. 232-263). / Lee Ka Kiu.

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