Capitalismo, espaço e tempo

Resumo

Modern History has shown several changes in the relation of
capitalism with time and space. In this particular relation, the speed of
time is increasing and the experience of space is enlarging. Following
Fenand Braudefs ideas and comparing them with those of G. Arrighi, this
paper will focus this special relation with the space as a consequence of
the development of the market, from the local ones at the end of the
Middle Age to the national fordist ones in XXth Century. With respect to
time, Regulation Theory's concept of modes of development, as Arrighi's
one of accumulation regimes, have made a periodization of capitalist
history that shows the succession of those periods as a result of the
cyclical nature of this mode of production. Contemporary times are
experiencing another moment of cyclical transition, as the previous ones
amidst a crisis that accelerates historical time. The direction of this change
can be seen in the processes of globalization and economic integration
and repeats the same pattern of enlarging economic space and
accelerating time.