Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference

作者: David Harvey 著

出版社: Wiley-Blackwell

出版时间: 1997-01

版次: 1

ISBN: 9781557866813

定价: 391.20

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 480页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>经济

Thisbookengageswiththepoliticsofsocialandenvironmentaljustice,andseeksnewwaystothinkaboutthefutureofurbanizationinthetwenty-firstcentury.Itestablishesfoundationalconceptsforunderstandinghowspace,time,placeandnature-thematerialframesofdailylife-areconstitutedandrepresentedthroughsocialpractices,notasseparateelementsbutinrelationtoeachother.Itdescribeshowgeographicaldifferencesareproduced,andshowshowtheythenbecomefundamentaltotheexplorationofpolitical,economicandecologicalalternativestocontemporarylife.Thebookisdividedintofourparts.PartIdescribestheproblematicnatureofactionandanalysisatdifferentscalesoftimeandspace,andintroducesthereadertothemodesofdialecticalthinkinganddiscoursewhichareusedthroughouttheremainderofthework.PartIIexamineshow"nature"and"environment"havebeenunderstoodandvaluedinrelationtoprocessesofsocialchangeandseeks,fromthisbasis,tomakesenseofcontemporaryenvironmentalissues.PartIII,isawide-rangingdiscussionofhistory,geographyandculture,exploresthemeaningofthesocial"production"ofspaceandtime,andclarifiesproblemsrelatedto"otherness"and"difference".Thefinalpartofthebookdeploysthefoundationalargumentstheauthorhasestablishedtoconsidercontemporaryproblemsofsocialjusticethathaveresultedfromrecentchangesingeographicaldivisionsoflabor,intheenvironment,andinthepaceandqualityofurbanization.Justice,NatureandtheGeographyofDifferencespeakstoawidereadershipofstudentsofsocial,culturalandspatialtheoryandofthedynamicsofcontemporarylife.Itisaconvincingdemonstrationthatitisbothpossibleandnecessarytovaluedifferenceandtoseekajustsocialorder. DavidHarveyisProfessorofGeographyattheJohnsHopkinsUniversity.From1987-1993hewasHalfordMackinderProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofOxford.HereceivedtheOutstandingContributorAwardfromtheAmericanAssociationofGeographersin1980;theAndersRetziusGoldMedalfromtheSwedishSocietyforAnthropologyandGeographyin1989;thePatron'sMedaloftheRoyalGeographicalSocietyandtheVautrinLudPrizein1995.HisbooksincludeTheExplanationinGeography(1969);SocialJusticeandtheCity(Blackwell,1973,newedition1988);TheLimitstoCapital(Blackwell,1982);TheUrbanExperience(Blackwell,1989)andTheConditionofPostmodernity(Blackwell,1989).
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Thisbookengageswiththepoliticsofsocialandenvironmentaljustice,andseeksnewwaystothinkaboutthefutureofurbanizationinthetwenty-firstcentury.Itestablishesfoundationalconceptsforunderstandinghowspace,time,placeandnature-thematerialframesofdailylife-areconstitutedandrepresentedthroughsocialpractices,notasseparateelementsbutinrelationtoeachother.Itdescribeshowgeographicaldifferencesareproduced,andshowshowtheythenbecomefundamentaltotheexplorationofpolitical,economicandecologicalalternativestocontemporarylife.Thebookisdividedintofourparts.PartIdescribestheproblematicnatureofactionandanalysisatdifferentscalesoftimeandspace,andintroducesthereadertothemodesofdialecticalthinkinganddiscoursewhichareusedthroughouttheremainderofthework.PartIIexamineshow"nature"and"environment"havebeenunderstoodandvaluedinrelationtoprocessesofsocialchangeandseeks,fromthisbasis,tomakesenseofcontemporaryenvironmentalissues.PartIII,isawide-rangingdiscussionofhistory,geographyandculture,exploresthemeaningofthesocial"production"ofspaceandtime,andclarifiesproblemsrelatedto"otherness"and"difference".Thefinalpartofthebookdeploysthefoundationalargumentstheauthorhasestablishedtoconsidercontemporaryproblemsofsocialjusticethathaveresultedfromrecentchangesingeographicaldivisionsoflabor,intheenvironment,andinthepaceandqualityofurbanization.Justice,NatureandtheGeographyofDifferencespeakstoawidereadershipofstudentsofsocial,culturalandspatialtheoryandofthedynamicsofcontemporarylife.Itisaconvincingdemonstrationthatitisbothpossibleandnecessarytovaluedifferenceandtoseekajustsocialorder.
作者简介:
DavidHarveyisProfessorofGeographyattheJohnsHopkinsUniversity.From1987-1993hewasHalfordMackinderProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofOxford.HereceivedtheOutstandingContributorAwardfromtheAmericanAssociationofGeographersin1980;theAndersRetziusGoldMedalfromtheSwedishSocietyforAnthropologyandGeographyin1989;thePatron'sMedaloftheRoyalGeographicalSocietyandtheVautrinLudPrizein1995.HisbooksincludeTheExplanationinGeography(1969);SocialJusticeandtheCity(Blackwell,1973,newedition1988);TheLimitstoCapital(Blackwell,1982);TheUrbanExperience(Blackwell,1989)andTheConditionofPostmodernity(Blackwell,1989).

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