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The Production of Space

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Wiley, 1991 - Philosophy - 454 pages
Henri Lefebvre has considerable claims to be the greatest living philosopher. His work spans some sixty years and includes original work on a diverse range of subjects, from dialectical materialism to architecture, urbanism and the experience of everyday life. The Production of Space is his major philosophical work and its translation has been long awaited by scholars in many different fields.

The book is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy.

This is a work of great vision and incisiveness. It is also characterized by its author's wit and by anecdote, as well as by a deftness of style which Donald Nicholson-Smith's sensitive translation precisely captures.

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This work consumed a lot of time and thought energy – and still does –, but it was very rewarding: I will never be able to look at my flat the way I used to, any street, building or city. I won't even ... Read full review

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i agree with some of the reviews that it's dense, but i hardened my soul, grit my teeth and managed to read and trying to understand through it all .... cause this was the foundation of my thesis. i ... Read full review

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Thinking Culture: The Production of Space by H. Lefebvre (Aloy)
Lefebvre’s emphasis on the production of space situates himself firmly in a post-structuralist or post-modern critical discourse. He writes: “social space ...
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JSTOR: The Production of Space
The Production of Space is a book that draws upon a multiplicity of sources and disciplines. Lefebvre's philosophical background manifests it- self in ...
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The Production of Space | Cooperation Commons
This is why I find Henri Lefebvre's comments in the book The Production of Space , on Karl Popper, and the Open Society so interesting to read. ...
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Henri Lefebvre, The Production of Space
Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space ... A life-long scholar of cities and social space, he points out, in The Production of Space (1974), that, ...
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iaac blog » Blog Archive » Henri Lefebvre: “The Production of Space”
“The Production of Space” is an extremely deep look into the question of space from a multitude of angles. The author is so broad with his points that many ...
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Urbanity & Aesthetics on Lefebvre, Bo Grönlund
Shortly after I read "The Production of Space", which resulted in an attempt of ... In 'The Production of Space' Lefebvre develops his notions of space both ...
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The Production of Space. will now help advance for Lefebvre, ... descriptions, or mutate into fantasie ... the production of space - has ...
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How space is "produced" is definitely not a simple idea to determine, much less explain, but Lefebvre's tripartite breakdown of the production of space ...
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About the author (1991)

Henri Lefebvre began his career in association with the surrealist group, from whom he learned Hegel and a concern with dialectical logic. He was the first to translate Marx's early manuscripts into French, and his book Dialetical Materialism (published in 1938) became the work from which several generations of French intellectuals learned Marxism. Immediately after the war, Lefebvre began to reflect on a new object of study which he called "daily life". After the publication of Everyday Life in the Modern World, he was drawn to the analysis of urbanism, and wrote several books on the city, including Space and Politics (1972). In the 1960s he became closely involved with the younger school of French architects, and provided a theoretical framework for their work. Finally, the accumulation of these diverse themes led to his major philosophical work, The Production of Space.

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TitleThe Production of Space
AuthorHenri Lefebvre
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 1991
ISBN0631181776, 9780631181774
Length454 pages
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