Source,Logic,and Limitations:The Restoration of David Harvey's Theory of Spatial Configuration
As an important part of the Marxist philosophy,the theory of spatial configuration has not received sufficient attention.Marx viewed space from the perspective of material production and made a highly accurate summary of spatial elements.Lefebvre divided Marx's discourse on space into"production in space"and"production of space",weakening the logic of mutual construction between material productivity and spatial production.Harvey returned to the perspective of material production,and through in-depth exploration of the crisis of excessive accumulation in capitalism and its typical solutions,explained the spatial dynamics of capitalism constructed by capital circulation and capital expansion with fixed capital as the foundation and financial capital as the medium.Based on this,he proposed the theory of spatial configuration and systematically criticized contemporary capitalism.Spatial configuration prolongs the time of capital circulation at both material and social levels,and expands the space for capital expansion.This does not resolve the crisis,but rather exacerbates excessive accumulation,which will ultimately narrow the space for capitalism to survive.On the one hand,the theory of spatial configuration inherits and develops Marx's theory of material production,confirming Marxism's theoretical judgment on the end of capitalist history.On the other hand,this theory also has many limitations.
David HarveyMarxismspatial configurationcapitalismcapital accumulation
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