Think about the scales to think about the struggles: Author: Mathieu UHEL

• Autor: Pérez Tapia, Luz Vanessa
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/21182
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/espiral/article/view/21182
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: scales; radical geography; capitalist accumulation; escalas; geografía radical; acumulación capitalista; geografia radical; acumulação capitalista

Mathieu Uhel's suggestive title, “Thinking about scales to think about struggles”, he interweaves the theoretical-critical construction of concept scale, generated by radical Anglo-Saxon geography in the late 20th century, with it´s practical utility to social struggles. The article serves two purposes: on the one hand, Uhel locates academic discussion around scale; and, with this, he promotes attention to this problem in contemporary struggles. In the first section, Uhel locates academic discussions around scale, as a useful methodological tool to understand the complexity of capitalist societies; in the second section, the author advances the argument around the context of the scalar dimension of capitalist imperialism; finally, the author focuses on the role of political activity on a national scale in the tense relationship between the impositions of capital and the social movement.