Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the

Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory
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In this innovative work, Lukasz Stanek frames a uniquely contextual appreciation of Henri Lefebvreâ€™s idea that space is a social product. Stanek explicitly confronts both the philosophical and the empirical foundations of Lefebvreâ€™s oeuvre, especially his direct involvement in the fields of urban development, planning, and architecture.

Countering the prevailing view, which reduces Lefebvreâ€™s theory of space to a projection of his philosophical positions, Stanek argues that Lefebvreâ€™s work grew out of his concrete, empirical engagement with everyday practices of dwelling in postwar France and his exchanges with architects and planners. Stanek focuses on the interaction between architecture, urbanism, sociology, and philosophy that occurred in France in the 1960s and 1970s, which was marked by a shift in the processes of urbanization at all scales, from the neighborhood to the global level. Lefebvreâ€™s thinking was central to this encounter, which informed both his theory of space and the concept of urbanization becoming global.

Stanek offers a deeper and clearer understanding of Lefebvreâ€™s thought and its implications for the present day. At a time when cities are increasingly important to our political, spatial, and architectural world, this reassessment proposes a new empirical, and practical, interpretation of Lefebvreâ€™s ideas on urbanism.
Country USA
Brand University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2011-07-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780816666171

Country	USA
Brand	University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer	Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2011-07-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780816666171

Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory

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