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Book SynopsisCritically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists. This title considers the entire range of Harvey's oeuvre, from the nature of urbanism to environmental issues. It also contains a consolidated bibliography of Harvey's writings.
Trade Review"The debates in
David Harvey: A Critical Reader highlight the importance of thinking about space as something materially produced and in process ... The discussion also leads to considerations of the urban as a way of life. The tension between these two strands makes this anthology fertile ground for attempts at a synthesis."
Radical Philosophy "David Harvey: A Critical Reader is a landmark assessment of the work, and diverse influences, of this leading geographer-cum-social theorist. No stodgy hagiography, the Reader presents a series of punchy, personal, political, and often profound reflections on four decades of Harvey’s contributions. In locating Harvey and his interlocutors, the Reader also suggestively maps out the shifting terrain of critical thinking around the spatialities of late capitalism." Jamie Peck, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Few contemporary thinkers have been untouched by David Harvey, even in opposition, as this collection of brilliant essays attests. And, after the critics’ scalpels have done their bit of nip and tuck, he comes off still looking rather well for his age." R. A. Walker, University of California, Berkeley
"The Critical Reader offers a set of inspiring and non-hagiographic reflections on the intellectual legacy of David Harvey that will be an invaluable read not only for geographers but for all social scientists committed to the pursuit of a critical and transformative understanding of the world."
Ugo Rossi, Universita L’Orientale of Naples, Italy
Table of ContentsNotes 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
