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Světově uznávaný teoretik a sociální vědec David Harvey, považovaný za jednoho z nejpronikavějších analytiků kapitalismu, se ve své knize zamýšlí nad povahou krizí tohoto systému, které ho provázejí od jeho vzniku, a nad aktuální systémovou krizí. Kapitalismus se s krizemi dosud vždy vypořádal, avšak vždy to mělo svou cenu. Tento systém nikdy nevyřešil svůj základní problém, exponenciální akumulaci kapitálu, ale pouze jej odsunul do budoucna a do jiných oblastí. Dnešní situace, umocněná globalizací, je však vyostřenější než kdy dříve a kapitalismus nemusí současné turbulence přežít. Klíčovou otázkou je, zda střední a nižší třídy, které nesou tíhu řešení, budou ochotny zaplatit vysokou cenu za jeho přežití, nebo se účinně vzepřou. Jejich odpor však potřebuje politický výraz, což je v současném úpadku levice obtížné. Aby se levice opět vzchopila, musí se vyrovnat s politickými představiteli kapitálu v jejich schopnosti působit ve všech sférách a přicházet s inovativními nápady. Významná část knihy se věnuje analýze těchto schopností a tomu, co „dělá“ kapitál, a zároveň vyzývá k odmítnutí levicového doktrinářství.

A major rereading of Marx's critique of political economy, fully updated.

The radical geographer guides us through the classic text of political economy In recent years, we have witnessed a surge of interest in Marx’s work in an effort to understand the origins of our current political and economic crisis. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world’s foremost Marx scholars. Based on his recent lectures, this current volume—finally bringing together his guides to volumes I, II and much of III—presents this depth of learning to a broader audience, guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and deeply rewarding text. A Companion to Marx’s Capital offers fresh, original, and sometimes critical interpretations of a book that changed the course of history and, as Harvey intimates, may do so again.

“My aim is to get you to read a book by Karl Marx called Capital, Volume 1, and to read it on Marx’s own terms…”The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression has generated a surge of interest in Marx’s work in the effort to understand the origins of our current predicament. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world’s most foremost Marx scholars.Based on his recent lectures, this current volume aims to bring this depth of learning to a broader audience, guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and deeply rewarding text. A Companion to Marx’s Capital offers fresh, original and sometimes critical interpretations of a book that changed the course of history and, as Harvey intimates, may do so again.David Harvey’s video lecture course can be found here: davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

David Harvey tackles Marx's notebooks that have spawned wide-ranging and raging controversies

A text in urban geography that includes the essay 'The Right to the City'. It analyzes core issues in city planning and policy - employment and housing location, zoning, transport costs, concentrations of poverty - asking in each case about the relationship between social justice and space.

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The essential anthology of writings by the world's leading Marxist thinker: this book presents a sequence of landmark works in David Harvey's intellectual journey over five decades. It shows how experiencing the riots, despair and injustice of 1970s Baltimore led him to seek an explanation of capitalist inequalities via Marx and to a sustained intellectual engagement that has made him the world's leading exponent of Marx's work. The book takes the reader through the development of his unique synthesis of Marxist method and geographical understanding that has allowed him to develop a series of powerful insights into the ways of the world, from the new mechanics of imperialism, crises in financial markets and the effectiveness of car strikers in Oxford, to the links between nature and change, why Sacr� Coeur was built in Paris, and the meaning of the postmodern condition. David Harvey is renowned for originality, acumen and the transformative value of his insights. This book shows why.

David Harvey brings an exciting perspective to two of the principal themes of contemporary social discourse; globalization and the body. schovat popis

"The biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression shows no sign of coming to a close and Marx's work remains key in understanding the cycles that lead to recession. For nearly forty years, David Harvey has written and lectured on Capital, becoming one of the world's most foremost Marx scholars.Based on his recent lectures, and following the success of his companion to the first volume of Capital, Harvey turns his attention to Volume 2, aiming to bring his depth of learning to a broader audience, guiding first-time readers through a fascinating and hitherto neglected text. Whereas Volume 1 focuses on production, Volume 2 looks at how the circuits of capital, the buying and selling of goods, realize value.This is a must-read for everyone concerned to acquire a fuller understanding of Marx's political economy"-- Provided by publisher