Writings on Cities

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

The work of Henri Lefebvre - the only major French intellectual of the post-war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life - received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of The Production of Space. This new collection brings together, for the first time in English, Lefebvre's reflections on the city and urban life written over a span of some twenty years. The selection of writings is contextualized by an introduction - itself a significant contribution to the interpretation of Henri Lefebvre's work - which places the material within the context of Lefebvre's intellectual and political life and times and raises pertinent issues as to their relevance for contemporary debates over such questions as the nature of urban reality, the production of space and modernity. Writings on Cities is of particular relevance to architects, planners, geographers, and those interested in the philosophical and political understanding of contemporary life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1995-11-25
Mått:153 x 230 x 20 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631191889

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Eleonore Kofman is Professor in the Department of International Studies at Nottingham Trent University.Elizabeth Lebas is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography at Middlesex University. Both have researched and written extensively on French urbanization and urban theory.

Innehållsförteckning

Acknowledgements viiPart I Introduction 1 Lost in Transposition-Time, Space and the City 3Part II Right to the City2 Preface 633 Industrialization and Urbanization 654 Philosophy and the City 865 Fragmentary Sciences and Urban Reality 946 Philosophy of the City and Planning Ideology 977 The Specificity of the City 1008 Continuities and Discontinuities 1049 Levels of Reality and Analysis 11110 Town and Country 11811 Around the Critical Point 12212 On Urban Form 13313 Spectral Analysis 13914 The Right to the City 14715 Perspective or Prospective? 16016 The Realiziation of Philosophy 17517 These on the City, the Urban and Planning 177Part III Spaces and Politics18 Introduction 18519 Institutions of a Post-technological Society 198Part IV Interviews20 No Salvation away from the Centre? 20521 The Urban in Question 209Part V Elements of Rhythmanalysis 22 Seen from the Window 21923 Rhythmanalysis of Mediterranean Cities 228Index 241