This edition offers a comprehensive, detailed, and analytical overview and reconstruction of Lefebvre's theory of space and the city. Henri Lefebvre belongs to the generation of great French intellectuals and philosophers, alongside his contemporaries Michel Foucault and Jean-Paul Sartre. His theory has experienced an impressive revival over the past twenty years and is currently discussed and applied in many fields of the humanities and social sciences, particularly in urban studies, geography, urban sociology, urban anthropology, architecture, and design. Lefebvre, along with David Harvey, is among the leading and most recognized theorists in these areas. The book explains in an accessible way the theoretical and contextual framework of this work in French philosophy and German dialectics (Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche), and it meticulously reconstructs the historical development of its various elements. It also provides an overview of the reception of Lefebvre and discusses a wide range of applications of this theory in various research areas, such as urban and regional development, urbanization, urbanity, social space, and daily life.

Pages: 608

Publication Year: 0131

Dimensions: 15.6x15.6cm