Category Archives: David Harvey

Benjamin Fraser (ed.), Marxism and Urban Culture

Interesting collection of essays on Marxism and Urban Culture, edited by Benjamin Fraser (author of Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience, and editor of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, with a preface by Andy Merrifield. Thanks to Adam David Morton for the … Continue reading

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David Harvey, The Contradictions of Capitalism – 20 minute abridged lecture

via Reading Marx’s Capital with David Harvey

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David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation at Birkbeck

Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to a previous post. [David Harvey doesn’t begin talking until 48 minutes in.]

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David Harvey, Megacities Lecture 4: Possible Urban Worlds – pdf online

In 2000 David Harvey gave the Megacities Lecture 4: Possible Urban Worlds Twynstra Gudde Management Consultants, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, 2000). It’s the one key text of Harvey’s that I didn’t already know, partly because it doesn’t appear to be on sale … Continue reading

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Utopia or Bust by Benjamin Kunkel – Chapter One on David Harvey free online

Chapter One of Benjamin Kunkel, Utopia or Bust: A Guide to the Present Crisis is free to read online. It’s mainly a discussion of David Harvey’s work.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism – video of LSE talk

A video of David Harvey’s recent talk on the book here. Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to this post previewing parts of the book.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

David Harvey has a piece at the White Review which comprises the final two chapters of his new book, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism. You can also read the Prologue: The Crisis of Capitalism This Time Around.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions… – introduction available online

David Harvey’s latest, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism is out in April 2014; the introduction is available online. More information here.

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David Harvey and Andy Merrifield, London, 3 April 2014 – sold out

“Contradictions of capitalism and the new urban question” – David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation, Birkbeck, London, 3 April 2014. More details here. Unfortunately the website now says that there are no tickets available.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

David Harvey’s latest book, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism, will be published in early April. Following on from The Enigma of Capital, the world’s leading Marxist thinker explores the hidden workings of capital and reveals the forces that will … Continue reading

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