Category Archives: Henri Lefebvre

Editing Henri Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy – doing his endnotes properly

Posted on June 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Over the last few weeks I’ve been editing the translation of Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy for Verso. Despite a very fine translation by David Fernbach, this has still taken some work. First there are the linguistic complications of a three-way language dialogue – … Continue reading →

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La pensée marxiste et la ville reviewed by Łukasz Stanek in Journal of Architecture

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

Lefebvre’s La pensée marxiste et la ville – forthcoming in translation from University of Minnesota Press – is reviewed by Łukasz Stanek in The Journal of Architecture (open access).

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – reading guide updated with news of forthcoming translations

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

My guide Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? has been updated with news of forthcoming translations – Metaphilosophy, Marxist Thought and the City, and the rural essay in Antipode.

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Lefebvre’s 1956 essay ‘The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology’ forthcoming in Antipode, with introduction by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton

Posted on May 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Update: pieces are now available: Henri Lefebvre, The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology : Contribution to the International Congress of Sociology, Amsterdam, August 1956, translated by Matthew Dennis, edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton Stuart Elden and Adam David … Continue reading →

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Camilla Boano reviews Lefebvre’s Towards an Architecture of Enjoyment (requires subscription)

Posted on May 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Camilla Boano reviews Lefebvre’s Towards an Architecture of Enjoyment in The Journal of Architecture (requires subscription). The review is quite detailed, and makes use of the interview I conducted with editor Łukasz Stanek for the Society and Space open site. Good to see this … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, La pensée marxiste et la ville – forthcoming in translation

Posted on April 24, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve previously said that Lefebvre’s Métaphilosophie will appear in English translation in 2016 with Verso. Another translation will also appear next year – La pensée marxiste et la ville, with University of Minnesota Press. This follows from their previous publications of his work – The … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy – forthcoming in 2016 from Verso with introduction by Stuart Elden

Posted on April 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre’s fundamental book Métaphilosophie is forthcoming in translation in Spring 2016 from Verso. It will have an introduction from me. Further details when available. I’ve long wanted this book to be translated – hopefully as the first of a few of … Continue reading →

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Society and Space open access highlight papers updated

Posted on March 28, 2015 by stuartelden

The ‘highlights’ section of the Environment and Planning D: Society and Space website has been updated. Several recent papers are now available open access – including pieces by Giorgio Agamben, Henri Lefebvre, Bruce Braun, Melissa Wright, Katharyne Mitchell, Sarah Elwood, Matthew Gandy…

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Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Urban Research and Architecture – audio of launch event

Posted on March 26, 2015 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre’s concepts and theoretical reflections have become widely known in the last decades. However, working with these concepts in many different contexts poses serious challenges; and in any case taking Lefebvre as a starting point for research and action … Continue reading →

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Agir avec Henri Lefebvre: Altermarxiste? géographe radical? – new French collection

Posted on February 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Agir avec Henri Lefebvre: Altermarxiste? géographe radical? – new French collection, edited by Hugues Lethierry.  

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