Subsumption of Space

A Theory of Marxist Geography
2024
ISBN: 978-981-97-7559-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 185 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 481 g

Reihe: Contributions to Regional Science

This book takes a Marxist perspective to explore the dynamics of space. By employing dialectical materialist logic, it explains how a heterogeneous spatial configuration emerges through the dialectical process to transcend the contradiction generated by the subsumption (incorporation) of pristine spaces into society, with a particular focus on the context of capitalism. The key concept here is 'subsumption', as presented by Marx in 'The Results of the Immediate Process of Production'.  

This book is first of its kind that thought-provokingly demonstrates the dialectical logic of the production of space through the application of Marxist logic of subsumption. It succinctly argues that heterogeneous spatial configurations are produced through the society's effort to transcend these contradictions, or the subsumption of space, which transforms pristine space subsumed into a one-point society in formal terms toward a heterogeneous spatial configuration, resulting in produced space or space subsumed in real terms. The book also suggests the role of the produced space in potential utilization of space in social struggles. Based on this conceptual framework, this book discusses the built environment, the space embedded in people's minds, and the effects of the capitalist business cycle on space. Ultimately, it presents a compelling case for activists to harness the space produced in their social struggles.
 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mizuoka, Fujio

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Marxismus, Kommunismus
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- The Fundamental Moments in Formulating Marxian Spatial Theory.- Space and Its Subsumption into Society.- Absolute Space.- Relative Space.- Relational Space.- The Built Environment.- The Autogenous Bond of Space and Body.- Business cycle, the falling rate of profit, and capitalist space.- Spatial Struggle.- The Afterword.

Über Autor(innen)

Fujio Mizuoka is Professor Emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.