Espacios de esperanza

Number of page: 336
Author: David Harvey
Publisher: Ediciones AKAL
ISBN: 8446016389
Rating:
Category: Social Science

Durante siglos, los movimientos utópicos han tratado de construir una sociedad justa. David Harvey dirige la mirada hacia su historia para preguntarse por qué fracasaron y cuáles son las ideas que aún tienen que ofrecer. Su devastadora descripción del entorno urbano existente alimenta su argumento de que podemos y tenemos que utilizar la fuerza de la imaginación utópica contra todos los que dicen que «no hay alternativa». Esboza un nuevo tipo de pensamiento utópico que denomina «utopismo dialéctico», y reenfoca nuestra atención en los posibles diseños para un mundo más equitativo de trabajo y vida con la naturaleza. Para que funcione cualquier plan o ideología política, afirma, hay que tener en cuenta nuestras cualidades humanas, las capacidades y poderes inherentes a la naturaleza, y la dinámica del cambio.

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About The Author

David Harvey received his Bachelor's degree and Ph.D. in Geography from Cambridge University. After graduating, in 1961, Harvey joined the geography department at Bristol University as a lecturer. In the following years, he held teaching positions at Johns Hopkins and Oxford universities. An interest in social, political, and environmental concerns led Harvey to research and write a number of books, including Justice Nature and the Geography of Differences, The Urban Experience, The Condition of Postmodernity, and An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change. Harvey's books have been translated into Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese, and Korean. David Harvey has received many honors, among them the Outstanding Contributor Award of the Association of American Geographers, the Anders Retzuis Gold Medal of the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography, and the Vautrin Lud International Geography Prize.

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