Category Archives: Henri Lefebvre

Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events – new link to collection and my piece on Lefebvre

Posted on December 29, 2013 by stuartelden

This is a new download link for Bik Van der Pol, Alissa Firth-Eagland and Urban Subjects (eds.), Momentarily: Learning from Mega-Events, Vancouver: Western Front, 2011. The previous link was broken, and thanks to Himanshu Burte for alerting me to this. The … Continue reading →

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Mike Gane interviewed by Baudrillard Studies

Posted on December 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Mike Gane at Baudrillard Studies. It is especially good on the context of his early work in Sociology, reading Althusser and then Baudrillard. I knew that Lefebvre was on the jury for Baudrillard’s doctoral defence. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on December 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Luke Glanville’s Sovereignty and the Responsibility to Protect, Sue Middleton’s Henri Lefebvre and Education, the new issues of RIS and Transactions, and a manuscript to review.

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre?

Posted on December 11, 2013 by stuartelden

[The most recent version of this guide can be found here.] This comes in response to a question to me on Twitter. Where should you start with Henri Lefebvre? I think many people, especially in Geography, go to The Production … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner (ed.) Implosions/Explosions – sample pages available

Posted on November 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Sample pages for Neil Brenner’s collection, Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization are now available on the publisher’s website. In 1970, Henri Lefebvre put forward the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, a circumstance that in his view required … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre and Education

Posted on November 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Sue Middleton’s book Henri Lefebvre and Education: Space, Theory, History is forthcoming in November with Routledge. During his lifetime Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was renowned in France as a philosopher, sociologist and activist. Although he published more…

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Books received

Posted on October 30, 2013 by stuartelden

Three old Althusser volumes; Eric Hazan’s history of the barricade; the reissue of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis; Chamayou’s Manhunts; and two new books (well, one 2013 and one 2011) by Daniel Heller-Roazen.

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Lefebvre, Rhythmanalysis reissue

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stuartelden

The reissue of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life is now out from Bloomsbury. It includes translations of Lefebvre’s book ‘Elements of Rhythmanalysis’, two related essays, and an introduction by me. As far as I know there are no … Continue reading →

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My review of Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy

Posted on September 27, 2013 by stuartelden

My review of Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy has now been published in Global Discourse (requires subscription). A limited number of downloads are available here. If that expires, please let me know if you’d like a copy.

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Neil Brenner (ed.) Implosions/Explosions – forthcoming

Posted on September 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Jovis Verlag have a page up for Neil Brenner’s collection, Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization. In 1970, Henri Lefebvre put forward the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, a circumstance that in his view required a radical … Continue reading →

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