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Place of Birth: Paris, ĂŽle-de-France, France
About Claude Raffestin
- Claude Raffestin (born 15 September 1936 in Paris) is a Swiss geographer.
- He is professor of human geography at University of Geneva. Raffestin's work primarily deals with territoriality and relies heavily on Michel Foucault’s work about power.
- His most influential book Pour une géographie du pouvoir has been translated into Spanish, Italian and (Brazilian) Portuguese.
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