David Harvey A Critical Reader

by Castree, Noel; Gregory, Derek

• ISBN13: 9780631235101
• ISBN10: 0631235108
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-10
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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 Contributors	vii
1 Introduction: Troubling Geographies	1	(25)
Derek Gregory
2 Between Deduction and Dialectics: David Harvey on Knowledge	26	(21)
Trevor Barnes
3 David Harvey and Marxism	47	(8)
Alex Callinicos
4 Dialectical Materialism: Stranger than Friction	55	(25)
Marcus Doel
5 Differences that Matter	80	(22)
Melissa Wright
6 David Harvey on Cities	102	(19)
Sharon Zukin
7 David Harvey and Dialectical Space-time	121	(21)
Eric Sheppard
8 Spatial Fixes, Temporal Fixes and Spatio-Temporal Fixes	142	(25)
Bob Jessop
9 Globalization and Primitive Accumulation: The Contributions of David Harvey's Dialectical Marxism	167	(24)
Nancy Hartsock
10 Towards a New Earth and a New Humanity: Nature, Ontology, Politics	191	(32)
Bruce Braun
11 David Harvey: A Rock in a Hard Place	223	(11)
Nigel Thrift
12 Messing with 'the Project'	234	(13)
Cindi Katz
13 The Detour of Critical Theory	247	(23)
Noel Castree
14 Space as a Keyword	270	(25)
David Harvey
David Harvey: List of Publications	295	(8)
Bibliography	303	(15)
Index	318