Space, Difference, Everyday Life: Reading Henri Lefebvre

In the past fif­teen years, Hen­ri Lefebvre’s repu­ta­ti­on has cata­pul­ted into the stra­to­sphe­re, and he is now con­side­red an equal to some of the gre­ats of Euro­pean social theo­ry (Bour­dieu, Deleu­ze, Har­vey). In par­ti­cu­lar, his work has revi­ta­li­zed urban stu­dies, geo­gra­phy and plan­ning via con­cepts like the social pro­duc­tion of space, the right to the city, ever­y­day life, and glo­bal urbanization.

Lefebvre’s mas­si­ve body of work has gene­ra­ted two main schools of thought: one that is poli­ti­cal eco­no­mic, and ano­ther that is more cul­tu­ral­ly ori­en­ted and post­s­truc­tu­ra­list in tone. Space, Dif­fe­rence, and Ever­y­day Life mer­ges the­se two schools of thought into a uni­fied Lefeb­vri­an approach to con­tem­po­ra­ry urban issues and the natu­re of our spa­tia­li­zed social struc­tures. This book was the first encom­pas­sing edi­ted volu­me on Lefebvre’s thin­king and soon beca­me a clas­sic in the field.

Her­aus­ge­ge­ben von Kanish­ka Goo­ne­war­dena, Ste­fan Kip­fer, Richard Mil­grom, Chris­ti­an Schmid

New York: Routledge, 2008
Broschur
344 Seiten
Englisch
ISBN 9780415954600

Wei­te­re Informationen