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As the twentieth century drew to a close, the rich were getting richer; power was concentrating within huge corporations; vast tracts of the earth were being laid waste; three quarters of the earth's population had no control over its destiny and no claim to basic rights. There was nothing new in this. What <i>was</i> new was the virtual absence of any political will to do anything about it. <i>Spaces of Hope</i> takes issue with this. David Harvey brings an exciting perspective to two of the principal themes of contemporary social discourse: globalization and the body. Exploring the uneven geographical development of late-twentieth-century capitalism, and placing the working body in relation to this new geography, he finds in Marx's writings a wealth of relevant analysis and theoretical insight. In order to make much-needed changes, Harvey maintains, we need to become the architects of a different living and working environment and to learn to bridge the micro-scale of the body and the personal and the macro-scale of global political economy. <p>Utopian movements have for centuries tried to construct a just society. Harvey looks at their history to ask why they failed and what the

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Author

Harvey, David

Publisher

University of California Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520225787

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Economics, Fiction, Social Science

Rating

3.92 / 5 (220 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14