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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461283803321

Autore

Elden Stuart <1971->

Titolo

Understanding Henri Lefebvre : theory and the possible / Stuart Elden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York, : Continuum, 2004

ISBN

1-4725-4779-9

1-283-20209-3

9786613202093

0-8264-4481-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Continuum studies in philosophy

Disciplina

301.092

Soggetti

Social sciences - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Henri Lefebvre 1901-91; 1 Rethinking Marxism; 2 Engaging with philosophy; 3 The critique of everyday life; 4 From the rural to the urban; 5 Space and history; 6 Politics and the state; Bibliography of Lefebvre's writings; Index of Names

Sommario/riassunto

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