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Marxist Thought and the City
Henri Lefebvre
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Description for Marxist Thought and the City
Hardback. Translator(s): Bononno, Robert. BIC Classification: JFSG; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, Henri Lefebvre first published Marxist Thought and the City in French in 1972, marking a pivotal point in his evolution as a thinker and an important precursor to his groundbreaking work of urban sociology, The Production of Space. Marxist Thought and the City-inwhich he reviews the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for commentary and analysis on the life and growth of the city-now appears in English for the first time. Rooted in orthodox Marxism's analyses of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, ... Read more
One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, Henri Lefebvre first published Marxist Thought and the City in French in 1972, marking a pivotal point in his evolution as a thinker and an important precursor to his groundbreaking work of urban sociology, The Production of Space. Marxist Thought and the City-inwhich he reviews the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels for commentary and analysis on the life and growth of the city-now appears in English for the first time. Rooted in orthodox Marxism's analyses of capitalism and the capitalist mode of production, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816698745
SKU
V9780816698745
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About Henri Lefebvre
Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was a leading French philosopher, sociologist, and urban theorist. Many of his more than sixty books have appeared in English translation, including The Critique of Everyday Life, The Production of Space, and (all Minnesota) Dialectical Materialism; State, Space, World; and The Urban Revolution. Robert Bononno has been a translator from French ... Read more
Reviews for Marxist Thought and the City
Stimulating and resonant, suggesting new ways of attending to some classics of urban theory... My high praise goes to Elden and, especially, Bononno for producing this lovely book, which I am glad to have read. -Antipode The text reads like a well-crafted set of research notes, constituting a preliminary step toward the concrete elaboration of `the ... Read more