David Harvey is considered to be one of the world's leading geographers and social theorists. Currently director of the Center for Place, Culture, and Politics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, he previously held professorial positions at Johns Hopkins University and Oxford University. He is the author of fifteen books, ranging from studies in political economy and cultural change to works on urbanization, uneven geographical development, imperialism, and neoliberalism. His works are translated into more than a dozen languages, including Arabic and Chinese.
发表于2024-12-24
Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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Liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political action. Presidents as diverse as Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush have built their policies on some version of these noble values. Yet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the ground. Demonstrated by incidents at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism.
Combining his passions for politics and geography, David Harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governance. Political agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geography. Incorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracy.
Harvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the George W. Bush administration. Then, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational conceptsspace, place, and environmenthe radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political action. As Harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seek.
重读,比上次读清晰了不少。出发点是地理,落脚点是(解放的)政治,分析工具是辩证法和过程哲学。很多洞见以及不少逻辑的跳跃藏在卷帙浩繁的引用和修辞之中,需要在阅读中仔细寻找和辨析。
评分重读,比上次读清晰了不少。出发点是地理,落脚点是(解放的)政治,分析工具是辩证法和过程哲学。很多洞见以及不少逻辑的跳跃藏在卷帙浩繁的引用和修辞之中,需要在阅读中仔细寻找和辨析。
评分这本书太哲学了,没有基础确实很多看不懂的。看懂的部分来说是很有吸引力,那三*三的形式和六个moments是理解这本书的核心。哈维的头脑总是那么清晰。
评分重读,比上次读清晰了不少。出发点是地理,落脚点是(解放的)政治,分析工具是辩证法和过程哲学。很多洞见以及不少逻辑的跳跃藏在卷帙浩繁的引用和修辞之中,需要在阅读中仔细寻找和辨析。
评分重读,比上次读清晰了不少。出发点是地理,落脚点是(解放的)政治,分析工具是辩证法和过程哲学。很多洞见以及不少逻辑的跳跃藏在卷帙浩繁的引用和修辞之中,需要在阅读中仔细寻找和辨析。
Cosmopolitanism and the Geographies of Freedom 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书