The Conceptual Logic Of Space-time In Marx’s Das Kapital And David Harvey’s "Time-spatial Fix"

Capitalism survives crises one after another, which is contingent on its fixed set of methods of crisisrepair. David Harvey, an outstanding representative of Neo-Marixism, carries out a profound research intothis phenomenon and puts forward the theory of "Time-Spatial Fix", in which he proposes the basic rule ofcapitalism movement is to reduce time and narrow space so that capitalism maintains its rule. The presentthesis attempts to analyze the internal logic relationship in David Harvey’s "Time-Spatial Fix" from theaspects of capital circulation and capital accumulation. With the three levels of capital cycle studied, thewriter illustrates the movement of capital in nowaday capitalism society. The analysis of commodity exportand capital export helps to understand how capitalism incorporates the world into the capitalist system. Inaddition, the study of the capitalism privatization and globalization deepens our knowledge of the diversityof repair methods when capital society deals with crisis. David Harvey’s "Time-Spatial Fix" reveals Marx’sgeneral accumulation and primitive accumulation in a new light rather than separates one from the other.Meanwhile, his theory concerning globalization has expounded the root of current financial crisis as well asthe entire financial system of capitalism.The“Time-Spatial Fix " theory offered by David Harvey, which origins from the basic principles ofMarxism. It has innovations when combined with the new situation of contemporary capitalism. DavidHarvey argues that capitalism can not overcome its basic contradiction, which is the excessiveaccumulation of capital. He believes that the essence of excessive accumulation problem is lack ofprofitable opportunities for capital, the excess capital to be idle and can not find a suitable outlet. So thedevelopment course of capitalism is to constantly find profitable opportunities for capital surplus, and thestate played an important role in this process. In order to solve the over-accumulation of capital, thecapitalist system needs time and space to repair. The excess capital through three stage cycle, reduce timeinto the circulation field, this temporary solution to the excessive capital accumulation. At the same timecan also carry out commodity export and capital output, output the excess capital to other areas. Makingcommodity output through the output of goods and get other countries ’ raw materials. While othercountries unable to pay it, through the form of loans to impose these countries into the capital circulation system; at the same time, can also take capital output, but this leads to a space-time repair center opened,such excessive accumulation of capital state rush to capital output, leads to the outbreak of geopoliticalstruggle. Also can take depriving accumulation, David Harvey regarded that depriving accumulation can beseen as a disguised form of primitive accumulation. Depriving accumulation has three important means:privatization, possession cheap raw material or control its origin, all through devalue the existing assets andlabor to get it. Through the circulation of capital, output of goods and capital, as well as the globaldepriving accumulation, the whole world into the entire capitalist system.A in-depth discussion on David Harvey’S Theory of "Time-Spatial Fix"has been made by Chinesescholars. David Harvey analyses the whole capitalist from space’s point of view. They consider he make aninnovation on basis of Marx economics theory. Meanwhile, David Harvey’s probe into the theory ofCapitalist financial is the part which Marx didn’t have enough time to complete. On the other hand,domestic scholars supplement David Harvey’s’Time-Spatial Fix" theory that Time-Advance, namelyAdvanced consumption is one important means for Time Fix. In the meantime, they point that the basiccontradiction of capitalism which cannot be overcome is the limitations of Time-Spatial Fix.This paper evaluates David Harvey’s Theory of "Time-Spatial Fix"standing on view of Marxism.David Harvey’s Theory of "Time-Spatial Fix"deeply embody the important conclusions "two inevitable"and the thoughts "two never" by Marx and Engels. David Harvey believes that the emphasis of the analysisof their theory is capital accumulation theory and the discussion of financial crisis. By analyzingdispossession accumulation, general accumulation and primitive accumulation of capital theory arerediscovered. The theory of"Time-Spatial Fix" has the macro grasping for the whole capitalist financialsystem and The root causes of the financial crisis and it"s unavoidability. David Harvey’s Theory of“Time-Spatial Fix” is of great importance in the contemporary development of Marxist theory.