Abstract
The evolution of David Harvey’s scientific interests. David Harvey’s work is
a significant example of evolution and differences in contemporary human geography. It is
characterised especially by three features related to one another: a constant change in scientific
and research interests, a tendency to bridge the divisions between geographical specialities
and scientific disciplines and the inclination towards deep theoretical and methodological reflection.
A temporal and problem analysis allows distinguishing two phases of his research
interests. In the first, neopositivist one, Harvey discusses methodological aspects of geography,
being part of the process of changes in the research pattern of the maternal discipline; in
the second, as a confirmed Marxist and radical geographer, he critically analyses contemporary
urbanisation and the ideas of postmodernism and neoliberalism. Along with the evolution of
scientific and research interests, Harvey’s approach to the examined issues changes – from an
inquisitive researcher, concerned with the state of a native scientific discipline, he becomes
a critical observer and a reformer of the surrounding reality.
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