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Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible (Continuum Studies in Philosophy)

By Stuart Elden

Book information

Publisher
Continuum
Year
2004
ISBN
0826470033, 9780826470034, 0826470025, 9780826470027
LCC
H59.L38 E43 2004
Open Library ID
OL22583957M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
12 MB (13067011 bytes)
Series
Continuum Studies in Philosophy
Pages
272\272
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Henri Lefebvre has been celebrated as one of the most influential social theorists of the twentieth century. Understanding Henri Lefebvre places Lefebvre in his historical and intellectual context and analyzes the extraordinary range of his work, across politics, philosophy, history, literature and culture. Particular emphasis is given to Lefebvre’s trilogy of inspirational thinkers—Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche; his links to contemporaries such as Heidegger, Axelos and the Situationalists; and his critiques of existentialism and structuralism. Analysis of his writings on cities are balanced with those on rural communities, the production of space connected to ideas of time and history, and everyday life linked to the festival and cultural revolution. Understanding Henri Lefebvre offers the most wide-ranging and reliable account of this central theorist available.

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