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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 ...
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.
In addition to his readings of American feminist cultural theorist bell hooks (1952-2021), and French intellectual Michel Foucault (1926–1984), Soja's greatest contribution to spatial theory and the field of cultural geography is his use of the work of French Marxist urban sociologist Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991), author of The Production of ...
: Leszek Kolakowski (links) en V.r.n.l. Henri Lefebvre (rechts), Bestanddeelnr 924-3417.jpg Licensing This is an image from the Nationaal Archief , the Dutch National Archives, and Spaarnestad Photo , donated in the context of a partnership program .