Category Archives: Neil Brenner

Scott Kirsch on State, Space, World

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Another detailed review – in Antipode by Scott Kirsch. The whole review appears to be available free. Here’s two paragraphs – the second and the last: Of course, it is not surprising that Lefebvre’s opus on space became the touchstone … Continue reading →

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State, Space, World

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

Reblogged from Path to the Possible: I recently did a book review of State, Space, World, a collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work edited by Neil Brenner and Stuart Elden (who blogs at Progressive Geographies).  The review is in Social & … Continue reading →

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Mark Purcell on Lefebvre, State, Space, World

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

There is a very generous review of Lefebvre’s State, Space, World collection by Mark Purcell in the new issue of Social and Cultural Geography (requires subscription). [Update: Mark has posted the whole thing here] Let me say this plainly: this is … Continue reading →

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Back to the Café Algiers

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Four years ago, Neil and I had a series of work sessions in the Café Algiers, just off Harvard Square. These were in preparation for the ‘Henri Lefebvre on State, Space, Territory’ paper – though our acknowledgement of the Café itself got … Continue reading →

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Planetary Urbanization

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Fascinating wide-ranging discussion with Neil Brenner’s ‘planetary urbanization’ seminar relating to space, territory, urbanization, the globe, world, nature, the planetary, species, capitalism, the state, the anthropocene… readings by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Nikolaos Katsikis, Dipesh Chakrabarty, Erle Ellis, Sarah Deyong, Timothy … Continue reading →

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Planetary Urbanization

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Left Kentucky yesterday and now in Cambridge, Massachusetts – staying with Neil Brenner for a bit before the Yale conference on 13-14 April. Neil and I are co-teaching a seminar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design on Wednesday as … Continue reading →

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Cambridge discussion audio

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

The audio recording of the discussion on 16 February 2012 with Adam Ramadan is now available. Many thanks to Adam for asking the questions and John Mason and the Cambridge University Geographical Society for inviting me and organising the event. Apart from a … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and Urban Revolution in New York

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

For those in the New York area, this series of conversations should be of interest – details here. Speakers include Stanley Aronowitz, Neil Brenner, Manu Goswami, Stefan Kipfer, Kristin Ross and others. Thanks to David Wachsmuth for the link.

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Kentucky-Harvard-Yale

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

This has been a bit of a logistical challenge. I’m speaking in Kentucky to the Committee on Social Theory on March 30th. They’ve just sent me this nice poster advertising the series. I was also asked to speak at Yale … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner – “The Urbanization Question, or, the Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

Neil Brenner’s inaugural lecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard:

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