From"Complete Urbanization"to"Planetary Urbanization":New Developments in Contemporary Western Critical Urban Theory
Urbanization is intrinsically consistent with modernization and globalization.In the era of global capitalism,the process of urbanization is undergoing profound changes that not only exceeds the geographical boundaries of traditional nation-states,but also presents new dynamics where cities intertwine with the logic of capital and national strategies.This evolution poses a serious challenge to the mainstream positivist methodology in urban Studies.It is now imperative to place the urban issue in the context of the social-historical totality constituted by human production and practice,and to reconstruct the philosophical paradigm of"urban Marxism"in urban research.In this context,revisiting Lefebvre's reflections on globalized urbanization,examining"planetary urbanization"theory's interpretation of the supranational urban problem in the 21st century,and reconstructing the paradigm of urban studies at the epistemological level can provide fresh insights.It can help us to further reveal the dynamic connection between the city and the mechanism of global capitalist accumulation from the perspective of Marx's historical materialism.This approach not only deepens our understanding of the relationship between the city and capitalist globalization but also opens avenues for rethinking the spatial discourse of global modernity.Furthermore,it encourages an emancipatory vision of urban societies in the new pattern of world history.
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