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Inspirado nas Crônicas anticapitalistas, podcast quinzenal em que David Harvey analisa as atuais conjunturas política, social e econômica global, a obra homônima apresenta ao leitor um sobrevoo acessível e aprofundado de assuntos variados como o neoliberalismo pós-crise de 2008, a ascensão da extrema-direita no mundo, o papel da China na economia, as mudanças climáticas, o mundo pós-covid e, claro, o futuro do socialismo. Sem deixar de lado a análise marxista, que é parte fundamental de sua obra, Harvey perpassa conceitos essenciais como alienação, acumulação primitiva, financeirização, etc. Com uma linguagem acessível, própria da oralidade, o autor apresenta novas maneiras de entender a crise do capitalismo global e as lutas por um futuro melhor. Ao mesmo tempo em que aborda assuntos espinhosos, Harvey também narra a esperança e a possibilidade de inventarmos alternativas para o futuro. Ele descreve, com brilhantismo característico, como as alternativas socialistas estão sendo imaginadas em circunstâncias muito difíceis. Ao entender as dimensões econômicas, políticas e sociais da crise, a análise do geógrafo em Crônicas anticapitalistas será de importância estratégica para qualquer pessoa que queira compreender e mudar o mundo.

An investigation into farming practices throughout a period of seismic change. WINNER of the British Agricultural History Society's 2022 Thirsk Prize WINNER of the 2022 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award "This meticulously researched book gives a detailed and authoritative history of agricultural change in the second half of the twentieth century. The book skilfully weaves together the hitherto underexplored individual returns of the Farm Management Survey with oral histories of the farmers who enacted change on the ground to offer an incisive account of the complex technological, political and cultural developments which gave rise to some of the greatest changes in English farming history. It will stand as the key reference point for those with an interest in the history of agricultural change in Britain." Professor Mark Riley, University of Liverpool At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 British agriculture was largely powered by the muscles of men, women, and horses, and used mostly nineteenth-century technology to produce less than half of the country's temperate food. By 1985, less land and far fewer people were involved in farming, the power sources and technologies had been completely transformed, and the output of the country's agriculture had more than doubled. This is the story of the national farm, reflecting the efforts and experiences of 200,000 or so farmers and their families, together with the people they employed. But it is not the story of any individual one of them. We know too little about change at the individual farm level, although what happened varied considerably between farms and between different technologies. Based on an improbably-surviving archive of Farm Management Survey accounts, supported by oral histories from some of the farmers involved, this book explores the links between the production of new technologies, their transmission through knowledge networks, and their reception on individual farms. It contests the idea that rapid adoption of technology was inevitable, and reveals the unevenness, variability and complexity that lay beneath the smooth surface of the official statistics.

En medio de oleadas de crisis económicas, crisis sanitarias, lucha de clases y reacción neofascista, pocos poseen la claridad y la perspicacia del teórico de renombre mundial David Harvey. Desde la publicación de su best seller Breve historia del neoliberalismo, Harvey ha seguido la evolución del sistema capitalista, así como las mareas de oposición radical que se levantan contra él. En Crónicas anticapitalistas, Harvey introduce nuevas formas de entender la crisis del capitalismo global y las luchas por un mundo mejor. Al tiempo que da cuenta de la violencia y el desastre, Harvey también hace una crónica de la esperanza y la posibilidad. Partiendo de accesibles e iluminadores estudios del neoliberalismo, el capitalismo, la globalización, el medio ambiente, la tecnología y su desarrollo, los movimientos sociales y las crisis como la de COVID-19, esboza, con la brillantez que le caracteriza, cómo se están imaginando alternativas socialistas en circunstancias cada vez más adversas. Su análisis de las dimensiones económicas, políticas y sociales de la crisis tendrá una importancia estratégica para cualquiera que desee comprender y cambiar el mundo.

David Harvey tackles Marx''s notebooks that have spawned wide-ranging and raging controversies When leading scholar of Marx, Roman Rosdolsky, first encountered the virtually unknown text of Marx’s Grundrisse - his preparatory work for his masterpiece Das Capital - in the 1950s in New York Public Library, he recognized it as “a work of fundamental importance,” but declared “its unusual form” and “obscure manner of expression, made it far from suitable for reaching a wide circle of readers.” David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Grundrisse builds upon his widely acclaimed companions to the first and second volumes of Capital in a way that will reach as wide an audience as possible. Marx’s stated ambition for this text - where he was thinking aloud about some of possible metamorphoses of capitalism - is to reveal “the exact development of the concept of capital as the fundamental concept of modern economics, just as capital itself is the foundation of bourgeois society.” While respecting Marx’s desire to “bring out all the contradictions of bourgeois production, as well as the boundary where it drives beyond itself,” David Harvey also pithily illustrates the relevance of Marx’s text to understanding the troubled state of contemporary capitalism.

With previously unpublished images looking at the demonstrator buses used by Birmingham City Transport.

Una introducción esencial al campo de la geografía histórica. Las crisis económicas se suceden una tras otra a un ritmo cada vez más infernal, dibujando un paisaje de volatilidad extrema que nos obliga a repensar las fuerzas que impulsan el desarrollo económico mundial.David Harvey, destacadísimo teórico social, nos brinda en estas páginas una crítica exhaustiva del capitalismo contemporáneo. Para ello, analiza con maestría el desarrollo del neoliberalismo en cuanto estrategia de restauración del poder de clase, la expansión omnipresente de las desigualdades y el «espacio» como un concepto teórico clave.

Os sentidos do mundo reúne ensaios escolhidos pelo próprio David Harvey, oferecendo uma síntese retrospectiva de suas mais importantes e originais contribuições teóricas. A coletânea abarca um imenso leque de temas – da ecologia à pós-modernidade, passando por imperialismo, geopolítica, história urbana, crises financeiras e as dinâmicas de urbanização – e ao mesmo tempo revela um fio condutor comum e uma coerência articulada no trabalho de edição. Harvey é um dos mais notáveis intelectuais marxistas da última metade do século e um dos autores mais citados do mundo nas ciências sociais. Com cinco décadas de carreira acadêmica e militante, escreveu diversos livros e dezenas de ensaios e artigos influentes sobre temas que atravessam política, cultura, economia e justiça social. Além de reunir artigos clássicos, a obra traz ensaios inéditos em língua portuguesa, todos acompanhados de comentários do autor, explicando o contexto da publicação original e refletindo sobre sua atualidade e sua relevância para a contemporaneidade.

Durante más de tres siglos el sistema capitalista ha dominado y configurado la sociedad occidental, sufriendo implosiones periódicas en las que pueblos y personas quedaban expuestos a perderlo todo. En este lúcido ensayo el profesor David Harvey recurre a su conocimiento sin rival del capitalismo para preguntarse cómo y por qué puede ser así, y si debe seguir siendo así para siempre. Con una argumentación sólida y documentada, el autor muestra que los episodios esporádicos de crisis en el sistema capitalista no sólo son inevitables, sino también esenciales para su supervivencia; las políticas fiscales y monetarias que no tengan eso en cuenta causarán más daño que beneficio. La esencia del capitalismo es el interés egoísta, y hablar de imponerle regulaciones y moralidad es irracional. El Enigma del Capital presenta una amplia panorámica de la crisis económica actual desde los acontecimientos que llevaron al colapso económico de 2008 hasta hoy y explica la dinámica político-económica del capitalismo. Harvey pronostica el probable desarrollo de la situación actual, describiendo cómo ha evolucionado el capitalismo y cómo se pueden controlar las crisis. Este oportuno y brillante libro abre con soltura y claridad nuevas vías que podrían conducirnos a un orden social sostenible realmente justo, responsable y humano.

A new book from one of the most cited authors in the humanities andsocial sciences.

A wonderful selection of photographs documenting the British buses in both Lisbon and Portugal as a whole.

David Harvey is unquestionably the most influential, as well as the most cited, geographer of his generation. His reputation extends well beyond geography to sociology, planning, architecture, anthropology, literary studies and political science. This book brings together for the first time seminal articles published over three decades on the tensions between geographical knowledges and political power and on the capitalist production of space. Classic essays reprinted here include ''On the history and present condition of geography'', ''The geography of capitalist accumulation'' and ''The spatial fix: Hegel, von Thunen, and Marx''. Two new chapters represent the author''s most recent thinking on cartographic identities and social movements. David Harvey''s persistent challenge to the claims of ethical neutrality on behalf of science and geography runs like a thread throughout the book. He seeks to explain the geopolitics of capitalism and to ground spatial theory in social justice. In the process he engages with overlooked or misrepresented figures in the history of geography, placing them in the context of intellectual history. The presence here of Kant, Von Thunen, Humboldt, Lattimore, Leopold alongside Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Darwin, Malthus, Foucault and many others shows the deep roots and significance of geographical thought. At the same time David Harvey''s telling observations of current social, environmental, and political trends show just how vital that thought is to the understanding of the world as it is and as it might be.

El capital de Marx es uno de los textos más importantes de la era moderna. Los tres volúmenes, publicados entre 1867 y 1883, cambiaron el destino de países, políticas y personas en todo el mundo, y aun hoy siguen teniendo resonancia. En este libro, David Harvey analiza y expone los argumentos clave de esta trilogía colosal. En un lenguaje claro y conciso, Harvey describe la arquitectura del capital de acuerdo con el análisis de Marx, colocando sus observaciones en el contexto del capitalismo en la segunda mitad del siglo diecinueve. En este sentido, el autor considera que los significativos cambios tecnológicos, económicos e industriales durante los últimos 150 años podrían obligar a una adaptación y modificación del análisis de Marx y de su aplicación práctica. La trilogía de Marx se refiere a la circulación del capital; el volumen I, sobre cómo el trabajo aumenta el valor del capital, lo que él llamó valorización; el volumen II, sobre la realización de este valor, vendiéndolo y convirtiéndolo en dinero o crédito; por último, el volumen III, sobre lo que sucede con el valor siguiente en los procesos de distribución. Los tres volúmenes contienen el núcleo del pensamiento de Marx sobre el funcionamiento y la historia del capital y el capitalismo. David Harvey estudia y detalla los profundos conocimientos y el enorme poder analítico que, sin comprometer su profundidad y complejidad, siguen ofreciendo a cualquier lector, incluso a aquellos que accedan al pensamiento de Marx por primera vez.

Fiscal crises have cascaded across much of the developing world with devastating results, from Mexico to Indonesia, Russia and Argentina. The extreme volatility in contemporary political economic fortunes seems to mock our best efforts to understand the forces that drive development in the world economy. David Harvey is the single most important geographer writing today and a leading social theorist of our age, offering a comprehensive critique of contemporary capitalism. In this fascinating book, he shows the way forward for just such an understanding, enlarging upon the key themes in his recent work: the development of neoliberalism, the spread of inequalities across the globe, and ‘space’ as a key theoretical concept. Both a major declaration of a new research programme and a concise introduction to David Harvey’s central concerns, this book will be essential reading for scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences.

A major rereading of Marx’s critique of political economy Now a classic of Marxian economics, The Limits to Capital provides one of the best theoretical guides to the history and geography of capitalist development. In this edition, Harvey updates his seminal text with a substantial discussion of the turmoil in world markets today. Delving into concepts such as “fictitious capital” and “uneven geographical development,” Harvey takes the reader step by step through layers of crisis formation, beginning with Marx’s controversial argument concerning the falling rate of profit and closing with a timely foray into the geopolitical and geographical implications of Marx’s work.

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.

Walsall’s bus fleet was always idiosyncratic. Here, David Harvey showcases it's lavishly illustrated history.

Prologue -- The visualisation of capital as value in motion -- Capital, the book -- Money as the representation of value -- Anti-value: the theory of devaluation -- Prices without values -- The question of technology -- The space and time of value -- The production of value regimes -- The madness of economic reason -- Coda

Para a sociedade ocidental moderna, o capital parece tão natural como o ar que se respira, e quase ninguém pensa em questioná-lo. Mas saber o que faz o capital funcionar – e o que, por outro lado, pode abalar suas bases – é crucial para compreender sua saúde em longo prazo, bem como as vastas implicações de qualquer mudança para a economia global. É o que faz o geógrafo britânico David Harvey nesta obra incisiva, ao revelar a vanguarda de suas análises das dinâmicas do capital e destrinchar as contradições internas desse motor econômico. Escrito em linguagem acessível, 17 contradições e o fim do capital coroa o "Projeto Marx", que orienta a obra de Harvey há vinte anos, repensando Karl Marx em época de mutação e crise do capitalismo. A decisão de focar a análise nas contradições se deve em parte ao escritos do filósofo alemão, que enfatizou diversas vezes que crises do tipo que o mundo viveu em 2007-2008 são manifestações superficiais de contradições internas do capital. O objetivo de Harvey é inverter o uso da ideia de contradição como ponto final da reflexão e torná-la o início da conversa, em particular sobre o que seria uma política anticapitalista e como poderíamos entender as crises. Ao longo dessa análise sistemática, Harvey constata que, embora a forma de manifestação de algumas contradições tenha se desenvolvido desde a época de Marx, a estrutura das contradições do capital é surpreendentemente constante. Além disso, tais contradições são interligadas e interagem (às vezes se apoiam) mutuamente; e revelam um retrato muito mais descentralizado do capital do que se costuma pintar.

Examines the history of each type of single-decker and offers a fascinating insight into the history of these captivating, iconic buses.

Revel. A reimagined way to learn and study. Accounting for Non-Specialists is available in Revel, our new digital environment designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn. Discover more about Revel. This edition continues to provide a non-specialist introduction to accounting and finance. With a focus on engagement and relevance Accounting for Non-Specialists demonstrates the practical application of accounting concepts in decision-making without the technical detail. The emphasis is on the application and interpretation of information for decision-making, and the underlying concepts of accounting. Features throughout the text focus on developing an understanding of key accounting principles through the use of relevant and engaging examples. For educators, when the content is combined with the Enhanced Testbank and Facilitation Guide, the package offers activities and assessment to promote active learning and get students ready for the workplace.

David Harvey looks at the iconic double-deckers of Midland Red.

Se suele invocar la idea de libertad para justificar la acción política. Presidentes estadounidenses tan dispares como Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan y George W. Bush han cimentado sus políticas en alguna variante del noble ideal de la libertad. Sin embargo, en la práctica, los proyectos suelen chocar con las circunstancias específicas que se dan sobre el terreno. Tal como prueban Abu Ghraib o Guantánamo, la búsqueda de la libertad puede conducir a la violencia y la represión más severas, y socavan nuestra fe en las teorías universales del liberalismo, el neoliberalismo y el cosmopolitismo. Aunando sus dos pasiones, la política y la geografía, David Harvey bosqueja un orden cosmopolita más acorde con una forma emancipatoria de entender la gobernanza global. Cuando los proyectos políticos ignoran la complejidad de la geografía, suelen fracasar. Incorporar el saber geográfico en la formulación de las estrategias políticas y sociales es una condición necesaria para alcanzar una democracia genuina. Harvey comienza con una aguda crítica de los usos políticos de la libertad, en especial durante el gobierno de George W. Bush. A continuación, mediante la investigación ontológica de las nociones fundacionales de la geografía –el espacio, el lugar y el medio–, reconstruye de una manera radical el conocimiento geográfico para reformular la teoría social y la acción política sobre nuevas bases. Como Harvey deja meridianamente claro, esa transformación alumbra un cosmopolitismo que está arraigado en la experiencia humana, no en ideales ilusorios, y nos pone en camino de alcanzar la liberación que necesitamos. «En "El cosmopolitismo y las geografías de la libertad" encontrará el lector una gran diversidad de reflexiones elaboradas al hilo de distintas disciplinas. La síntesis es original y estimulante; las propuestas, importantes. Es indudable que sus argumentos y las implicaciones que estos plantean darán lugar a numerosos debates. Como toda obra de David Harvey, el libro, organizado con suma claridad, está escrito con aplomo y tiene gancho». Stuart Elden, Universidad de Durham Aunando sus dos pasiones, la política y la geografía, David Harvey bosqueja un orden cosmopolita más acorde con una forma emancipatoria de entender la gobernanza global. Una crítica perspicaz de los usos políticos de la libertad.

Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

David Harvey is one of most famous Marxist intellectuals in the past half century, as well as one of the world''s most cited social scientists. Beginning in the early 1970s with his trenchant and still-relevant book Social Justice and the City and through this day, Harvey has written numerous books and dozens of influential essays and articles on topics across issues in politics, culture, economics, and social justice. In The Ways of the World, Harvey has gathered his most important essays from the past four decades. They form a career-spanning collection that tracks not only the development of Harvey over time as an intellectual, but also a dialectical vision that gradually expanded its reach from the slums of Baltimore to global environmental degradation to the American imperium. While Harvey''s coverage is wide-ranging, all of the pieces tackle the core concerns that have always animated his work: capitalism past and present, social change, freedom, class, imperialism, the city, nature, social justice, postmodernity, globalization, and the crises that inhere in capitalism. A career-defining volume, The Ways of the World will stand as a comprehensive work that presents the trajectory of Harvey''s lifelong project in full.