The production of space / Henri Lefebvre ; translated by Donald Nicholson-Smith.

By:

Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991 [author]

Contributor(s):

Nicholson-Smith, Donald [translator]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell, 1991.Description: 454 p. ; 23 cmContent type:

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ISBN:

9780631181774

Uniform titles:

Production de l'espace. English

Subject(s):

Space and time

DDC classification:

Contents:

1. Plan of the Present Work -- 2. Social Space -- 3. Spatial Architectonics -- 4. From Absolute Space to Abstract Space -- 5. Contradictory Space -- 6. From the Contradictions of Space to Differential Space -- 7. Openings and Conclusions.

Summary: "The production of space is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of the theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy."-- Publisher's description.

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Translation of: La production de l'espace.

"Books by Henri Lefebvre": pages 432-434.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"The production of space is a search for a reconciliation between mental space (the space of the philosophers) and real space (the physical and social spheres in which we all live). In the course of his exploration, Henri Lefebvre moves from metaphysical and ideological considerations of the meaning of space to its experience in the everyday life of home and city. He seeks, in other words, to bridge the gap between the realms of the theory and practice, between the mental and the social, and between philosophy and reality. In doing so, he ranges through art, literature, architecture and economics, and further provides a powerful antidote to the sterile and obfuscatory methods and theories characteristic of much recent continental philosophy."-- Publisher's description.