Henri Lefebvre: Key Writings (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826492460 ISBN 13: 9780826492463

Publisher: Continuum, 2006

Synopsis

Henri Lefebvre is now recognized as one of the most influential social theorists of the Twentieth Century. In English, his writings on cities, everyday life, and the production of space have become hugely influential across Cultural Studies, Sociology, Geography and Architecture. Henri Lefebve: Key Writings presents for the first time the full range of Lefebvre's thought. The selection reinforces the centrality of Lefebvre to current debates in social and spatial theory but also sets Lefebvre's work in the context of his broader philosophical and political concerns. The extracts are divided into sections, each separately introduced by the editors: Philosophy and Marxism; The Critique of Everyday Life; The Country and the City; History, Time and Space; Politics. Nearly all the extracts presented here are new translations and most have never appeared in English before. Henri Lefebvre (1901 - 1991) held a range of academic posts both in France and America and wrote over seventy books including The Production of Space and Critique of Everyday Life.

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Review:

a wide-angle snapshot of an entire itinerary, the earliest from 1933, the latest from 1990. this volume s richness is undeniable. Jason Smith, Philosophy in Review/ Comptes Rendus Philosophiques, January 2004-June 2004

About the Author:

Henri Lefebvre (1901 - 1991) held a range of academic posts both in France and America and wrote over seventy books including The Production of Space and Critique of Everyday Life.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0826492460
• ISBN 13: 9780826492463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Elden Stuart