Henri Lefebvre: Key Writings

Henri Lefebve: Key Writings presents for the first time the full range of Lefebvre's thought. The selection reinforces the centrality of Lefebvre to current debates in social and spatial theory but also sets Lefebvre's work in the context of his broader philosophical and political concerns. The extracts are divided into sections, each separately introduced by the editors: Philosophy and Marxism; Everyday Life and Modernity; The Country and the City; Space, Time and History; Politics. Nearly all the extracts presented here are new translations and most have never appeared in English before.

Acknowledgements

vii

Introduction: Coming to Terms with Lefebvre

Stuart Elden and Elizabeth Lebas

xi

Marxism and Philosophy

Introduction

Stuart Elden

3

(3)

Retrospections (from L'Existentialisme, 1946)

6

(8)

Unity of the Doctrine (from Dialectical Materialism, 1939)

14

(8)

Prolegomenas (from Métaphilosophie, 1965)

22

(9)

Marxian Thought and Sociology (from The Sociology of Marx, 1966)

31

(6)

Beyond Structuralism (from Au-delà du structuralisme, 1971)

37

(5)

Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche (from Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche ou le royaume des ombres, 1975)

42

(8)

Triads and Dyads (from La Présence et l'absence, 1980)

50

(7)

Twelve Theses on Logic and Dialectic (from Logique formelle, logique dialectique, 3rd edn, 1982)

57

(4)

State (from Le Retour de la dialectique, 1986)

61

(4)

Becoming and the Historical (from Le Retour de la dialectique, 1986)

65

(4)

The Critique of Everyday Life

Introduction

Elizabeth Lebas

69

(2)

Mystification: Notes for a Critique of Everyday Life (Henri Lefebvre and Norbert Guterman, Avant Poste, 2 [1933])

71

(13)

Elucidations (from Critique de la vie quotidienne II: Fondements dune sociologie de la quotidienneté, 1961)

84

(4)

The Social Text (from Critique de la vie quotidienne II: Fondements dune sociologie de la quotidienneté, 1961)

88

(5)

The End of Modernity? (from Critique de la vie quotidienne III: De la modernité au modernisme (Pour une métaphilosophie du quotidien), 1981)

93

(3)

On Vulgarity (from Critique de la vie quotidienne III: De la modernité au modernisme (Pour une métaphilosophie du quotidien), 1981)

96

(4)

Myths in Everyday Life (from Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie, 100 XXXIII (1962))

100

(9)

The Country and the City

Introduction

Eleonore Kofman

109

(2)

Perspectives on Rural Sociology (from Cahiers Internationaux de Sociologie, XIV (1953))

111

(10)

Preface to the Study of the Habitat of the 'Pavillon' (from L'Habitat Pavillonnaire, 1966)

121

(15)

Levels and Dimensions (from La Révolution urbaine, 1970)

136

(15)

The Other Panses (from Espaces et Sociétés, 13114 (1974-5)

151

(12)

History, Time and Space

Introduction

Stuart Elden

163

(3)

The Inventory (from La Somme et le reste, 1959)

166

(11)

Time and History (from La Fin de l'histoire, 1970)

177

(11)

The Style of the Commune (from La Proclamation de la commune, 1965)

188

(2)

The Rhythmanalytical Project (Henri Lefebvre and Catherine Régulier, Communications, 41 (1985))

190

(9)

The Worldwide Experience (from De l'État, Vol IV, 1978)

199

(7)

Preface to the New Edition (from La Production de l'espace, 3rd edn, 1986)

206

(11)

Politics

Introduction

Elizabeth Lebas

217

(3)

Nation and Culture (from Norbert Guterman and Henri Lefebvre, La Conscience mystifiée, 1936)

220

(9)

Between Yourself and You (from Norbert Guterman and Henri Lefebvre, La Conscience mystifiée, 1936)

229

(2)

Being a Communist (from La Somme et le reste, 1959)

231

(7)

From the Social Pact to the Contract of Citizenship (from Du Contrat de citoyenneté, 1990)

238

(17)

Some Questions About Asking Questions (from M: Marxisme, Mensuel, Mouvement, 7 (Janvier 1987))

255

(3)

Notes

258

(20)

Index

278

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Acknowledgements

vi

Introduction

1

(7)

1 A Marxian message to pre-industrialized societies

8

(10)

2 Social and economic conditions in China

18

(11)

3 The road to Marxism

29

(22)

4 Chinese Marxism through the Cold War prism

51

(16)

5 The first fruits I: the removal of 'delusive prejudices'

67

(23)

6 The first fruits II: towards a Marxian cultural theory

90

(18)

7 Mao Zedong Thought

108

(30)

8 Chinese Marxism in action: two case studies

138

(35)

9 The Thermidorian reaction: a crisis of legitimacy

173

(37)

10 To sum up

210

(6)

Index

216

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