Category Archives: Adam David Morton

No, not that Henri Lefebvre – The Missing Pieces

I’ve mentioned this before, but the Henri Lefebvre who wrote Les unités perdues (2004, 2011), translated by David L. Sweet as The Missing Pieces (2014), is not the Henri Lefebvre who wrote The Production of Space and The Critique of Everyday Life, among many other works.  For one thing, … Continue reading

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The Books on Territory I Didn’t Write, and the Related Articles I Did

At various points over the last twenty-five years or so, I’ve debated writing different books on territory. Many of the articles I’ve written on this topic were early versions of parts of the books I did write on territory, but … Continue reading

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My publications in 2025 – on Koyré, Foucault, Lefebvre and some reviews

Most of this year was spent working on my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France, which is coming together but has been hard work to reach this point. I have shared a few updates on the research and … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre and the “Liste Otto” of Prohibited Books in Occupied France

The “Liste Otto” was named after Otto Abetz, German ambassador to France under the Occupation, from August 1940 until the Liberation. The list indicated which books had to be removed from sale, with existing copies destroyed, after the German invasion … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, “Socialisme industriel et socialisme paysan/Industrial Socialism and Peasant Socialism”, Actuel Marx, 2023, eds. Claire Revol and Armelle Lefebvre

I missed this when published a couple of years ago – a previously unpublished lecture by Henri Lefebvre, taken from his archives, which have been deposited at IMEC and are being catalogued – see the initial notice. Henri Lefebvre, “Socialisme … Continue reading

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Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, “Henri Lefebvre and the Lukács Question”, Progress in Political Economy; Henri Lefebvre and Patrick Tort, “The Lukács Question”, Historical Materialism (open access)

Adam David Morton and I have a short piece at the Progress in Political Economy site – “Henri Lefebvre and the Lukács Question“ It connects to the translation and introduction in Historical Materialism of an interview Lefebvre conducted with Patrick … Continue reading

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Two new reviews of Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural (University of Minnesota Press, 2022)

Two new reviews of Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography (University of Minnesota Press, 2022) Caleb Gallemore in New Political Science Joseph Pierce in Economic Geography Both require subscription, unfortunately. Here’s the start of Pierce’s review: Stuart Elden … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography reviewed at Cleveland Review of Books by John Lepley (open access)

Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography is reviewed at Cleveland Review of Books by John Lepley (open access). Here’s the final paragraph: On the Rural is a remarkable collection. Far too many works about rural life and agriculture revolve around … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – University of Minnesota Press, 2022 discount codes

Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology and Geography – University of Minnesota Press, 2022. Edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, translated by Robert Bononno, with one essay each by Matthew Dennis and Sîan Rosa Hunter Dodsworth. Discount … Continue reading

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Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, translated by Robert Bononno and others, University of Minnesota Press, March 2022

Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, translated by Robert Bononno and others, University of Minnesota Press, March 2022 Now listed on the University of Minnesota Press site, with description … Continue reading

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