{"id":1790351,"date":"2021-03-18T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1790351"},"modified":"2021-03-18T09:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:36:13","slug":"edney-reviews-when-maps-become-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/03\/edney-reviews-when-maps-become-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Edney Reviews ‘When Maps Become the World’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Matthew Edney reviews<\/a> Rasmus Gr\u00f8nfeldt Winther\u2019s\u00a0When Maps Become the World<\/em><\/a> (University of Chicago Press<\/a>, 2020), a philosophy of science book that engages with maps and representation\u2014with what Winther calls \u201cmap thinking.\u201d Edney isn\u2019t convinced by Winther\u2019s approach: \u201cWinther remains committed to outmoded and deeply flawed concepts of the nature of \u2018the map\u2019 that, to be honest, call into question the entire project.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matthew Edney reviews Rasmus Gr\u00f8nfeldt Winther\u2019s\u00a0When Maps Become the World (University of Chicago Press, 2020), a philosophy of science book that engages with maps and representation\u2014with what Winther calls \u201cmap thinking.\u201d Edney isn\u2019t convinced by… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[30,1503],"class_list":["post-1790351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-cartography","tag-books","tag-philosophy-of-science","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787849,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/cartography-the-ideal-and-its-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":1790351,"position":0},"title":"Cartography: The Ideal and Its History","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"1 October 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Matthew H. 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