Understanding Henri Lefebvre (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780826470034)

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.

Author: Stuart Elden
ISBN-10: 0826470033
ISBN-13: 9780826470034
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.34w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2005 pg. 1034