Henri Lefebvre on space : architecture, urban research, and the production of theory / Lukasz Stanek.

Author
Stanek, Łukasz [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, ©2011.
Description
xv, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

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      "In this innovative work, Łukasz Stanek explicity confronts both the philosophical and the empirical foundations of Henri Lefebvre's oeuvre, especially his direct involvement in the fields of urban development, planning, and architecture. Countering the prevailing view, which reduces Lefebvre's theory of space to a projection of his philosophical positions, Stanek argues that Lefebvre's work grew out of his concrete 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. Lefebvre's thinking was central to this encounter, which informed both his theory of space and the concept of urbanization becoming global."--P. [4] of cover.
      Bibliographic references
      Includes bibliographical references and index.
      Contents
      • Introduction
      • Henri Lefebvre : the production of theory
      • Research : from practices of dwelling to the production of space
      • Critique : space as concrete abstraction
      • Project : urban society and its architecture
      • Afterword : toward an architecture of jouissance.
      Other title(s)
      Architecture, urban research, and the production of theory
      ISBN
      • 9780816666164 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      • 0816666164 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780816666171 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      • 0816666172 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
      LCCN
      2011011284
      OCLC
      687676987
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