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David Harvey, born on October 31, 1935, is a renowned British geographer, Marxist theorist, and social theorist. He has conducted extensive research in the field of geography, particularly on issues of capital accumulation, urban geography, and postmodern geography. Professor Harvey's work has had a profound impact on academic research and political movements worldwide.

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“The common-sense notion that 'There is a time and place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which replicate the social order by assigning social meanings to spaces and times.”

Time Space Common Sense Postmodernism Social Order Postmodern Postmodernity

Book:The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change

Source: The Condition of Postmodernity: An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change

“What sets imperialism of the capitalist sort apart from other conceptions of empire is that it is the capitalist logic that typically dominates, though ... there are times in which the territorial logic comes to the fore. But this then poses a crucial question: how can the territorial logics of power, which tend to be awkwardly fixed in space, respond to the open spatial dynamics of endless capital accumulation? And what does endless capital accumulation imply for the territorial logics of power?”

Doe Space Logic Endless Fixed Empires Conception Crucial Capitalist Imperialism Accumulation Dynamics Territorial Spatial

Book:The New Imperialism

Source: The New Imperialism

“Capital creates space-time.”

Space Space Time

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“The common-sense notion that 'there is a time and a place for everything' gets carried into a set of prescriptions which replicate the social order by assigning social meanings to spaces and times.”

Order Social Space Common Notion Common Sense Time And Space Prescriptions Social Order Replicate

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“The accumulation of capital and misery go hand in hand, concentrated in space.”

Hands Space Misery Accumulation Hand In Hand

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Born: October 31, 1935
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