Understanding Henri Lefebvre : theory and the possible / Stuart Elden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elden, Stuart, 1971-

Series:

Continuum studies in philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991.

Lefebvre, Henri.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

vi, 265 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, [2004]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction: Henri Lefebvre 1901-91 1

1 Rethinking Marxism 15

A new reading of Marx 15

The 'juvenile presumptions' of existentialism 19

Structuralism as the French ideology 22

Logic and dialectics 27

Applications of the dialectic 36

Alienation 39

Production 43

The Party and beyond 46

2 Engaging with philosophy 65

Beyond Marxism 65

The Philosophies group, Schelling and Hegel 67

Nietzsche against the fascists 73

Heidegger and the metaphysics of the Grand Guignol 76

Metaphilosophy 83

Descartes and literature 85

3 The critique of everyday life 110

A day in the life 111

A critique of the present 115

Festival and revolution 117

4 From the rural to the urban 127

The town and the country 129

A sack of potatoes 135

Reading rural spaces 137

The spectre of the urban 140

Reading urban spaces 147

5 Space and history 169

Time and moments 170

History 175

The production of space 181

Time, space and rhythm 192

6 Politics and the state 211

De l'Etat-An overview 215

The State Mode of Production 222

Autogestion and the right to difference 226

The world scale 231

The state organization of space 236

Politics, the political and the possible 241.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826470025

0826470033

OCLC:

53822796