{"product_id":"when-maps-become-the-world-rasmus-grnfeldt-winther-9780226674728","title":"When Maps Become the World","description":"Map making and, ultimately, \u003ci\u003emap thinking\u003c\/i\u003e is ubiquitous across literature, cosmology, mathematics, psychology, and genetics. We partition, summarize, organize, and clarify our world via spatialized representations. Our maps and, more generally, our representations seduce and persuade; they build and destroy. They are the ultimate record of empires and of our evolving comprehension of our world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book is about the promises and perils of map thinking. Maps are purpose-driven abstractions, discarding detail to highlight only particular features of a territory. By preserving certain features at the expense of others, they can be used to reinforce a privileged position. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Maps Become the World\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how the scientific theories, models, and concepts we use to intervene in the world function as maps, and explores the consequences of this, both good and bad. We increasingly understand the world around us in terms of models, to the extent that we often take the models for reality. Winther explains how in time, our historical representations in science, in cartography, and in our stories about ourselves replace individual memories and become dominant social narratives--they become reality, and they can remake the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rasmus Grfeldt Winther\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022667472X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226674728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Rasmus Grfeldt Winther","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987269452031,"sku":"9780226674728","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_024812fd-9ad6-41f1-b0b1-75ab9f8f3c3b.jpg?v=1683287974","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-maps-become-the-world-rasmus-grnfeldt-winther-9780226674728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}