David Harvey
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David Harvey is a prominent Marxist geographer and social theorist known for his influential critiques of capitalism and urbanization.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Harvey canonical | 8 |
| Edward W. Soja | 1 |
| Professor David Harvey | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8547090 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Harvey Context triple: [Verso Books, notableAuthorPublished, David Harvey]
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Geoffrey Scoones
Geoffrey Scoones was a British Indian Army lieutenant general who played a key leadership role in the Burma Campaign of World War II.
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Eric Wolf
Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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David Soward
David Soward is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cosmetics brand Urban Decay, which helped popularize edgy, alternative makeup in the 1990s.
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Neil Smith
Neil Smith is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "Snow White and the Huntsman."
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E.
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is known as a son of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Harvey Target entity description: David Harvey is a prominent Marxist geographer and social theorist known for his influential critiques of capitalism and urbanization.
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A.
Geoffrey Scoones
Geoffrey Scoones was a British Indian Army lieutenant general who played a key leadership role in the Burma Campaign of World War II.
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B.
Eric Wolf
Eric Wolf was an influential anthropologist known for integrating Marxist perspectives into the study of peasant societies, power, and global historical processes.
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C.
David Soward
David Soward is an entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the cosmetics brand Urban Decay, which helped popularize edgy, alternative makeup in the 1990s.
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D.
Neil Smith
Neil Smith is a film editor known for his work on major feature films, including the fantasy action movie "Snow White and the Huntsman."
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E.
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller is known as a son of the renowned American playwright Arthur Miller.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Marxist theorist
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geographer ⓘ human ⓘ social theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | PhD in geography ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Vautrin Lud Prize ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1935-10-31 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Cambridge
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linked to:
Cambridge University
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| employer |
City University of New York
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Johns Hopkins University ⓘ London School of Economics ⓘ University of Bristol ⓘ |
| familyName | Harvey ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Marxist theory
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geography ⓘ political economy ⓘ social theory ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| genre |
academic literature
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non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | http://davidharvey.org/ ⓘ |
| influenced |
critical geography
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radical geography ⓘ urban political ecology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Henri Lefebvre
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Karl Marx ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Marxist analysis of geography
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analysis of urbanization under capitalism ⓘ critique of capitalism ⓘ lectures on Karl Marx's Capital ⓘ theory of uneven geographical development ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
capitalism
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historical geography ⓘ neoliberalism ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| movement | Marxism ⓘ |
| name | David Harvey ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
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Rebel Cities ⓘ Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism ⓘ Social Justice and the City ⓘ Spaces of Hope ⓘ The Condition of Postmodernity ⓘ The Enigma of Capital and the Crises of Capitalism ⓘ The Limits to Capital ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Gillingham, Kent, England
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linked to:
Gillingham, Kent
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| positionHeld |
Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins University ⓘ |
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Subject: David Harvey Description of subject: David Harvey is a prominent Marxist geographer and social theorist known for his influential critiques of capitalism and urbanization.
Referenced by (10)
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linked to: David Harvey
linked to: David Harvey