Category Archives: Henri Lefebvre

Books received

Posted on November 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Chris Butler’s book on Lefebvre; Conley’s Spatial Ecologies; Kaplan’s The Revenge of Geography (can’t quite believe I actually bought this); Campe’s The Game of Probability; first edition of Lindberg, The Beginning of Western Science (thanks Nick); a second-hand copy of … Continue reading →

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Gaston Gordillo – The Destruction of Space

Posted on November 7, 2012 by stuartelden

At Space and Politics, Gaston Gordillo has posted a fascinating excerpt from his forthcoming book The Afterlife of Places: Ruins and the Destruction of Space. Here’s the opening paragraph: The violent destruction of the void of the Gran Chaco by the state … Continue reading →

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New books received

Posted on October 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some recently received books – mainly from University of Georgia Press in recompense for review work; an old and a new book bought from Verso; Kant’s Natural Science for review; and a copy of the Babel2  Diritto alla città collection … Continue reading →

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Mark Poster (1941-2012)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Mark Poster, intellectual historian of French thought and theorist of media and information, died yesterday. I never met him or heard him speak, but he was important to me through his writings. Perhaps best known for his work on Baudrillard, Sartre, … Continue reading →

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Taipei Biennial 2012 texts

Posted on October 9, 2012 by stuartelden

If the font doesn’t give you a headache, there are a range of interesting texts to download here. Anselm Franke, Henri Lefebvre, Alberto Toscano et. al.

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Andy Merrifield on Lefebvre, Occupy and Kafka

Posted on October 5, 2012 by stuartelden

Two online pieces by Andy Merrfield – Henri Lefebvre’s Youthfulness of Heart and Enigma of Revolt: Kafka on Occupy (via Geographical Imaginations).  

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Ben Fraser – Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre, Space and the Culture(s) of Cities

Posted on September 27, 2012 by stuartelden

Ben Fraser – “Toward an Urban Cultural Studies: Henri Lefebvre, Space and the Culture(s) of Cities” from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo. For the Prezi, and more details see the Urban Cultural Studies blog Ben runs. And his book … Continue reading →

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Right to the City

Posted on September 25, 2012 by stuartelden

New book on the right to the city, in Italian and English, with contributions by by Francesca Iovino, Henri Lefebvre, David Harvey, Mark Purcell, Kolektyw Syrena, Marco Deseriis, and Jodi Dean. I got the link from Mark Purcell at Path … Continue reading →

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Richard Seymour – The territorial logic of the capitalist state

Posted on September 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting post at Lenin’s Tomb on contemporary politics, states and spaces. Some discussion of Lefebvre, Gregory, Arrighi, and Harvey.

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Lefebvre on Hitler

Posted on September 19, 2012 by stuartelden

As I’ve previously mentioned, there is a new Italian translation of Henri Lefebvre’s early book Hitler au pouvoir, les enseignements de cinq années de fascisme en Allemagne, Paris: Bureau d’Éditions, 1938. Though I don’t read Italian, I got hold of … Continue reading →

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