ISBN:
9780203880760
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1283712032
,
9781283712033
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9781134045891
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (IX, 183 S.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Nomikoi
Series Statement:
GlassHouse book
Parallel Title:
Print version Henri Lefebvre
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Butler, Chris Henri Lefebvre
DDC:
301.092
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Lefebvre, Henri 1901-1991
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Sozialphilosophie
;
Rechtsphilosophie
;
Raum
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
pt. I. Theoretical orientations -- pt. II. Spatial politics, everyday life and the right to the city
Abstract:
While certain aspects of Henri Lefebvre's writings have been examined extensively within the disciplines of geography, social theory, urban planning and cultural studies, there has been no comprehensive consideration of his work within legal studies. Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City provides the first serious analysis of the relevance and importance of this significant thinker for the study of law and state power. Introducing Lefebvre to a legal audience, this book identifies the central themes that run through his work, including his unorthodox, humani
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Henri Lefebvre: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Theoretical Orientations; 1. The Social Theory of Henri Lefebvre; Lefebvre and Marxist Philosophy; Lefebvre and Critical Social Theory; The Critique of Everyday Life; The Everyday, Rhythmanalysis and Social Struggle; 2. The Production of Space; Space and Philosophy; Space and Production; The Historical Emergence of Abstract Space; The Contradictions of Abstract Space; Part II: Spatial Politics, Everyday Life and the Right to the City
Description / Table of Contents:
3. Space, Abstraction and LawAbstract Space and the Logic of Visualisation; Abstraction Revealed: Visualisation and Aesthetic Form; Abstraction Evaded?: The Myth of Institutional Transparency; Abstraction Embodied: Space, Mirror and Language; Abstraction Imposed: Space, Violence and Law; Beyond the Violence of Abstraction; 4. State Power and the Politics of Space; The State and the Production of Space; The State Mode of Production, Urban Governance and Neoliberalism; The Politics of Space; 5. Modernity, Inhabitance and the Rhythms of Everyday Life; Everyday Life and the Crisis of Modernity
Description / Table of Contents:
Suburbia, Habitat and Bureaucratic PowerDwelling and Inhabitance; The Body, Inhabitance and Mobility; Tragedy and Utopia in the Everyday; 6. The Right to the City and the Production of Differential Space; Concrete Utopia and the Politics of Space; The Right to the City; The Right to Difference; The Production of Differential Space; Conclusions and Openings; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203880760
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203880760
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