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Capital Evolves

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Harvey, D. (2011). Capital Evolves. In Harvey, D. The Enigma of Capital: and the Crises of Capitalism. Profile Books, pp. 119-139

(noun) a detached living portion of a plant (as a bud or shoot) joined to a stock in grafting and usually supplying solely aerial parts to a graft / (noun) descendant child / (noun) a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family / (noun) heir

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many of whom, like the Rockefeller brothers, were scions of the capitalist class

—p.130 by David Harvey
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many of whom, like the Rockefeller brothers, were scions of the capitalist class

—p.130 by David Harvey
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[...] Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel (1997) argues that the relation to nature is what counts, thus transforming human evolution into a tale of environmental determinism. Africa is poor for environmental reasons, not, he says, because of racial inferiorities or (what he does not say) because of centuries of imperialistic plundering, beginning with the slave trade. [...]

interesting take on it. I'll need to go back to the source because I vaguely remember Diamond saying that the environment is what resulted in the plundering (thus, he didn't ignore it completely) but maybe I'm wrong

—p.132 by David Harvey 7 years, 1 month ago

[...] Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel (1997) argues that the relation to nature is what counts, thus transforming human evolution into a tale of environmental determinism. Africa is poor for environmental reasons, not, he says, because of racial inferiorities or (what he does not say) because of centuries of imperialistic plundering, beginning with the slave trade. [...]

interesting take on it. I'll need to go back to the source because I vaguely remember Diamond saying that the environment is what resulted in the plundering (thus, he didn't ignore it completely) but maybe I'm wrong

—p.132 by David Harvey 7 years, 1 month ago

(adjective) being notoriously without moderation; extreme

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others preach that our current problems arise out of arrant individualism and universal human greed

—p.133 by David Harvey
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others preach that our current problems arise out of arrant individualism and universal human greed

—p.133 by David Harvey
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(adjective) of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl; vulgar / (adjective) marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly / (adjective) difficult to work with or deal with; intractable

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In such a situation it would be churlish not to acknowledge the forces that are in the vanguard of socio-ecological change

—p.134 by David Harvey
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In such a situation it would be churlish not to acknowledge the forces that are in the vanguard of socio-ecological change

—p.134 by David Harvey
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(noun) an intervening space

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Capitalism did not supplant feudalism by way of some neat revolutionary transformation resting on the forces mobilised within only one of these spheres. It had to grow within the interstices of the old society and supplant it bit by bit

—p.135 by David Harvey
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Capitalism did not supplant feudalism by way of some neat revolutionary transformation resting on the forces mobilised within only one of these spheres. It had to grow within the interstices of the old society and supplant it bit by bit

—p.135 by David Harvey
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7 years, 1 month ago