Research On David Harvey’s Theory Of Urban Space

David Harvey,who is one of the significant representatives of the neo-Marxist urban school.He regarded cities as the product of capital,and reconstructed Marxist theory based on geography.On account of the two main lines of capital accumulation and class struggle,he conducted in-depth research on the dynamics and contradictions of capital urbanization,that is,he responded positively to the problem of reanalyzing the process of capitalist urbanization faced by Marxism in the contemporary era.David Harvey’s urban space theory aims to understand the urban process and get rid of the predicament of urban development.The birth of David Harvey’s urban space theory has its background and theoretical origins.After the redevelopment of the post-war capitalist world,human is facing the existential crisis of capital expansion,which inspired David Harvey to think about capital urbanization,and the issue of resource development and utilization in the era of globalization enlightened David Harvey to explore the motivation behind capital accumulation;And the urbanization predicament under the western modernization model made David Harvey aware of the urgency and necessity of carrying out urban space research.After that,Marxist theory,Lefebvre’s space production thought and Foucault’s power space thought provide theoretical support for David Harvey to complete his urban space theory,making him think deeply about the process of capital urbanization and make it a research focus.The main content of David Harvey’s urban space theory is worth concentrated studying.David Harvey used the geography reconstruction of Marxist theory as the foundation,and took the internal relationship between capital accumulation and class struggle as a new ideological perspective of the analysis framework.His urban space theory reconstructs geographically to the internal contradictions of “ time destroys space ”,capital seeking contradiction repair,and capital accumulation;the three-level cycle of capital is the theoretical core of urban space theory,class struggle in the "workplace" is its external manifestation,and capital accumulation leads to class struggle;the endogenous power of capital urbanization is capital competition in urban space,production technology and geographic labor markets;three internal contradictions that have emerged during the process of capital urbanization,namely the inherent contradictions of man-made environmental investment,the inherent contradictions of absolute spatial informal structure,and the inherent contradictions of urban politics from the perspective of unbalanced geographic development have been criticized by David Harvey.David Harvey’s urban space thoughts have enriched Marxist theory and have a certain degree of inspiration for our country’s new urbanization model.However,it should be noted that David Harvey’s urban space theory has limitations,mainly manifested in his misunderstanding of Marxist theory and his unrealistic criticism of China.