2006/10/01 by Jim Glassman · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #Political Economy and Marxism #Urban Planning and Governance #Economic and Social Issues
paper · doi:10.1177/0309132506070172
openalex publication_date 2006/10/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/15
David Harvey's adaptation and redeployment of Marx's notion of ‘primitive accumulation’–under the heading of ‘accumulation by dispossession’–has reignited interest in the concept among geographers. This adaptation of the concept of primitive accumulation to different contexts than those Marx analyzed raises a variety of theoretical and practical issues. In this paper, I review recent uses and transformations of the notion of primitive accumulation that focus on its persistence within the Global North, addressing especially the political implications that attend different readings of primitive accumulation in the era of neoliberal globalization.