This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of
the world’s most influential geographers, and one of its best known
Marxists.
* Considers the entire range of Harvey’s oeuvre, from the nature
of urbanism to environmental issues.
* Written by contributors from across the human sciences,
operating with a range of critical theories.
* Focuses on key themes in Harvey’s work.
* Contains a consolidated bibliography of Harvey’s writings.
Tabella dei contenuti
Notes on Contributors vii
1 Introduction: Troubling Geographies 1
Derek Gregory
2 Between Deduction and Dialectics: David Harvey on Knowledge 26
Trevor Barnes
3 David Harvey and Marxism 47
Alex Callinicos
4 Dialectical Materialism: Stranger than Friction 55
Marcus Doel
5 Differences that Matter 80
Melissa Wright
6 David Harvey on Cities 102
Sharon Zukin
7 David Harvey and Dialectical Space- time 121
Eric Sheppard
8 Spatial Fixes, Temporal Fixes and Spatio- Temporal Fixes 142
Bob Jessop
9 Globalization and Primitive Accumulation: The Contributions of David Harvey’s Dialectical Marxism 167
Nancy Hartsock
10 Towards a New Earth and a New Humanity: Nature, Ontology, Politics 191
Bruce Braun
11 David Harvey: A Rock in a Hard Place 223
Nigel Thrift
12 Messing with ‘the Project’ 234
Cindi Katz
13 The Detour of Critical Theory 247
Noel Castree
14 Space as a Keyword 270
David Harvey
David Harvey: List of Publications 295
Bibliography 303
Index 318
Circa l’autore
Noel Castree is a Professor in the School of Environment and
Development at Manchester University. His previous publications
include Nature: The Adventures of an Idea (2005), Spaces
of Work (2004), Social Nature (Blackwell Publishing,
2001) and Remaking Reality (1998).
Derek Gregory is a Professor in the Department of
Geography at the University of British Columbia. His previous
publications include The Colonial Present (Blackwell
Publishing, 2004) and Geographical Imaginations (Blackwell
Publishing, 1995).
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