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Henri Lefebvre (/ l ə ˈ f ɛ v r ə / lə-FEV-rə; French: [ɑ̃ʁi ləfɛvʁ]; 16 June 1901 – 29 June 1991) was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for furthering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the production of social space, and for his work on dialectical materialism, alienation, and criticism of Stalinism ...
Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life is a collection of essays by Marxist sociologist and urbanist philosopher Henri Lefebvre.The book outlines a method for analyzing the rhythms of urban spaces and the effects of those rhythms on the inhabitants of those spaces.
Henri Lefebvre dedicated a great deal of his philosophical writings to understanding the importance of (the production of) space in what he called the reproduction of social relations of production. This idea is the central argument in the book The Survival of Capitalism , written as a sort of prelude to La Production de l'espace (1974) ( The ...
Leszek Kolakowski and Henri Lefebvre in 1971 Poor children from a demolished construction workers' slum look at their well-to-do neighbours in Hyderabad. The Right to the City is a concept and slogan that emphasizes the need for inclusivity, accessibility, and democracy in urban spaces.
Lefebvre's idea of the "right to the city" has been integrated into modern, urban movements as a plea for a new kind of urban politics and a critique on urban neoliberalism. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The most common modern interpretation of his concept comes from David Harvey in his article "The right to the city," where he notes that the phrase 'right to ...
Of particular importance is Michel Foucault’s essay on "Of Other Spaces", [5] in which the author proclaims the "age of space", and Henri Lefebvre's seminal work "La production de l'espace". [6] The latter provided the grounding for Marxist spatial theory on which David Harvey, Manuel Castells, Edward Soja, and others have built. Marxist ...
Geraldine Stutz, president of Henri Bendel, circa 1983 in New York City. Images Press. It was Geraldine’s hope that the parade of amateur clothing and accessory designers, so many talented and ...
Henri Lefebvre’s influence on the theses is notable in the theses' preoccupation with everyday life, social space, and the Commune as a revolutionary festival. [ 1 ] [ 6 ] The SI’s interpretation of the Commune is also clearly influenced by their own activist programs in the late 1950s and early 1960s.