Unequal Development

This work by Neil Smith, one of the leading names in critical geography, titled Unequal Development: The Production of Nature, Capital and Space, is the product of passionate work. Starting his thesis where Henri Lefebvre left off in The Production of Space, Smith focuses on nature, which is seen, thought about and examined in abstract and concrete spaces ranging from human nature to the built environment, from the urban scale to the geography of colonialism and the globality of imperialism. By examining nature, capital and space in a holistic manner, it materializes nature by saving it from the metaphysical character of the approach that treats it as an external "object" to humans.

Contrary to the claim of the Frankfurt School theorists, it points out how the dynamics of capitalist development have an unequal character on spaces at various scales, as nature is the scope of human productive action and transforms it with itself within the given conditions. Bringing together historical geography, the city with the countryside, the city structures with forests, the factories of South Asia with the plains of America, Smith expands the scope of critical space theory. National parks also get their share of this!

“Neil Smith's Unequal Development is an attempt at intellectual and political empowerment, a non-dogmatic and comprehensive study of vital aspects of the human condition, a work that can still inspire and teach us much about that other world that is truly possible.” . It deserves careful reading and re-reading. You will not regret."

-David Harvey-

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

First Printing Year: 2017

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Number of Pages: 332

Media Type: Paperback

Original Name: Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Produc