Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life.
Lefebvre's classic analysis of daily life under capitalism in one complete volume.
Identifies categories within everyday life, such as the theories of the semantic field and of moments.
Explores the crisis of modernity and the decisive assertion of technological modernism.
The sociologist and philosopher analyses the dawning of modernity.
The work of Henri Lefebvre -- the only major French intellectual of the post--war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life -- received considerable attention... Læs mere
Henri Lefebvrereviews the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for analysis on the life andgrowth of the city, describing its transition from life under feudalism tomodern industrial capitalism. Now available in English, Marxist Thought andthe City