Henri Lefebvre wasn’t a fan of previous missions to the moon

Posted on April 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre wasn’t a fan of previous missions to the moon, describing it as “the sacrifice of a considerable part of the earth’s resources in order to gain possession of one of the ghastliest of all the piles of pebbles rattling around in space” (La Fin de l’histoire in 1970, p. 212, Key Writings, p. 182).

... Accumulation (of wealth and resources, knowledges and technologies – in short, of capital) is organized during this historical period. This period, the era of industrialization, of history and the great historical struggles for conquest and domination over nature (the struggle against nature being accompanied by intense struggles between nations, peoples, classes and fractions of classes), this period is drawing to an end. It is ending in contempt hidden behind knowledge, in a form of madness whereby reason and unreason are the same: the sacrifice of a considerable part of the earth's resources in order to gain possession of one of the ghastliest of all the piles of pebbles rattling around in space. Let’s move on.

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