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9780631235095

David Harvey A Critical Reader

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    9780631235095

  • ISBN10:

    0631235094

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-02-13
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

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).

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributorsp. vii
Introduction: Troubling Geographiesp. 1
Between Deduction and Dialectics: David Harvey on Knowledgep. 26
David Harvey and Marxismp. 47
Dialectical Materialism: Stranger than Frictionp. 55
Differences that Matterp. 80
David Harvey on Citiesp. 102
David Harvey and Dialectical Space-timep. 121
Spatial Fixes, Temporal Fixes and Spatio-Temporal Fixesp. 142
Globalization and Primitive Accumulation: The Contributions of David Harvey's Dialectical Marxismp. 167
Towards a New Earth and a New Humanity: Nature, Ontology, Politicsp. 191
David Harvey: A Rock in a Hard Placep. 223
Messing with 'the Project'p. 234
The Detour of Critical Theoryp. 247
Space as a Keywordp. 270
David Harvey: List of Publicationsp. 295
Bibliographyp. 303
Indexp. 318
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