Category Archives: Henri Lefebvre

Henri Lefebvre and Education

Posted on July 12, 2013 by stuartelden

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 than 70 books, few were … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The Korean translation of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis (including my introduction from the English translation); Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt; Richard J. Bernstein’s Violence; and the 2013 diary from Passia, with a wealth of maps, information and data on Palestine, along with … Continue reading →

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Jeanne Haffner, The View from Above

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Jeanne Haffner’s The View from Above: The Science of Social Space has recently been published by MIT Press. In mid-twentieth century France, the term “social space” (l’espace social)—the idea that spatial form and social life are inextricably linked—emerged in a … Continue reading →

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Terricide and Terracide

Posted on May 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Developing the work on the concept of ‘earth’ that I am currently undertaking, my RGS-IBG paper this year is on ‘Terricide‘, a concept taken from Henri Lefebvre’s De l’État. In De l’État, Lefebvre suggests (Vol I, p. 39) that he takes … Continue reading →

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Deleuze, Lefebvre, Gadamer, Dworkin, Gandhi, Churchill

Posted on April 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Some interesting company in the Bloomsbury Revelations series…

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Social Justice and the City – CFP for Hong Kong Conference

Posted on April 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Call for Papers: An International Conference on Social Justice and the City Organised by Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, on 4th – 6th December, 2013 at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong In Memory of Neil Smith, Who Had Devoted … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis reissue

Posted on April 12, 2013 by stuartelden

I mentioned the forthcoming Korean translation of Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis a couple of days ago. I’ve just heard that the English translation is being reissued this autumn by Bloomsbury (who bought Continuum) with a cheaper price in their Revelations series. … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis to be translated into Korean

Posted on April 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Lefebvre’s little book Elements of Rhythmanalysis, which Gerald Moore and I translated into English, is coming out in Korean translation with Galmuri Press. They’ve just asked me to give permission for my introduction to be translated alongside Lefebvre’s text. This … Continue reading →

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Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy

Posted on February 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell’s new book, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy, is now available to pre-order. It has very positive endorsements from Peter Marcuse and Susan Fainstein. The book uses Lefebvre, among others, to think about politics, the urban and democracy. Mark … Continue reading →

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Terricide – Lefebvre, Geopolitics and the Killing of the Earth

Posted on February 8, 2013 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the August 2013 Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) annual conference. It will be part of the sessions organised by Nigel Clark, Kathryn Yusoff and Arun Saldanha on ‘Geo-Social Formations: Capitalism and the … Continue reading →

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