critical geographers, with a few exceptions such as Harvey (2000). The question such as "what are geographers critical of", and "to what end" needs to be answered. Barnes (2002) comments that critical geographers are better at providing explanatory diagnoses than offering anticipatory-utopian imaginations to reconfigure the world. Some critical geographers are concerned with the institutionalization of critical geography. Even though critical geographers conceive themselves as rebels and outsiders, critical thinking has become prevalent in geography. Critical geography is now situated at the very heart of the discipline of geography. Some see institutionalization as a natural result of the analytical strength and insights of critical geography, while others fear that institutionalization has entailed cooptation. The question is whether critical geography still holds its commitment to political change. Further, as critical geography is practiced across the world, the insights of critical geographers outside the Anglophone world should be better acknowledged. In this regard, Mizuoka et al. (2005) offered an overview of Japanese critical geography praxis since the 1920s. In addition, critical geography should also forge stronger linkage with critical scholars in other disciplines. See also Activism Critical theory Feminist geography Left-wing politics Marxist geography Postmodernism Post-structuralism Quantitative revolution Queer theory References Further reading Blomley, Nicholas (2006). "Uncritical critical geography?". Progress in Human Geography. 30 (1): 87–94. . Blunt, Alison; Wills, Jane (2000). Dissident Geographies: An Introduction to Radical Ideas and Practice. Prentice Hall. . Castree, Noel (2000). "Professionalisation, Activism, and the University: Whither 'Critical Geography'?". Environment and Planning A. 32 (6): 955–970. . Castree, Noel; Gregory, Derek (2006). David Harvey: A Critical Reader. John Wiley & Sons. . Peet, Richard (2000). "Celebrating Thirty Years of Radical Geography". Environment and Planning A. 32 (6): 951–953. . Sidaway, James D.; Lin, Shaun; Chouinard, Vera; Ferretti, Federico; Gibson, Katherine; Kenney-Lazar. Miles; Philo, Chris; van Meeteren, Michiel; Wills, Jane; Wisner, Ben; Barnes, Trevor; Sheppard, Eric (2020). Book review forum: Reading Trevor Barnes and Eric Sheppard’s Spatial histories of radical geography: North America and beyond. Trevor Barnes and Eric Sheppard Wiley (Antipode Book Series), NJ, USA; West Sussex, UK: Wiley. The AAG Review of Books, 8(4):236-258. Critical theory History of geography Human geography