Overview

Reassesses Henri Lefebvre's enduring relevance to sociology, examining themes from Marxism to urban life and proposing new directions for Lefebvrian research on rhythm, embodiment and utopian thought. This edited volume explores the sociology of Lefebvre and its continuing relevance for the discipline today. Contributors explore the sociological Lefebvre across a number of topics, including the influence of Marxism, rural sociology, everyday life, the urban and violence, to name a few. The volume sets out a new agenda for Lefebvrian sociological inquiry which, inter alia, focuses on sociological perspectives on rhythm, embodiment and utopian thought in Lefebvre's work for sociological research. It brings together leading experts whose work on Lefebvre has shaped the discipline and is the first comprehensive volume outlining Lefebvre's relevance to sociology.

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Author:   Tilman Schwarze ,  Matt Dawson
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.499kg
ISBN:  

9781839998317

ISBN 10:   1839998318
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   03 March 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter One-The Beginnings of Lefebvre’s Career in Sociology (1940s and 1950s)-Dylan Simon; Chapter Two-Henri Lefebvre: A Sociology for Action Simon Le Roulley; Chapter Three-The Alienated Subject and Violence in Everyday Life James A. Tyner; Chapter Four-Henri Lefebvre’s Sociology of Time Patrick Gamsby; Chapter Five-Henri Lefebvre’s Critical Sociology and the Question of ‘Nature’: An Ecological Perspective Against-the Accumulation Society - Francesco Biagi; Chapter Six-Lefebvrian Rhythm analysis is the Most Accessible and Concrete Materialist Ontology-Krzysztof Z. Jankowski; Chapter Seven-Survivals of the Absolute: Lefebvre on Sedimentation and Abstraction-Key MacFarlane; Chapter Eight-Space and the (Re)production of Social Difference: A Critical Phenomenological Reading of Lefebvre-Eden Kinkaid; Chapter Nine-Abstract Space and the Sociology of Abstraction Japhy Wilson; Chapter Ten-Henri Lefebvre, Jean-Luc Nancy and an Urban Sociology of Encountering the City-Tilman Schwarze; Chapter Eleven-‘Transform the World’: The Critique of Everyday Life, Autogestion and the ‘Withering Away’ of the-State in the Sociology of Henri Lefebvre; Chapter Twelve-Henri Lefebvre’s Territorial Autogestion: Space with Time-Neil Gray; Chapter Thirteen-Lefebvre’s Utopianism: Everyday Life, Space and the Possible–Impossible-David Pinder; Index

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Tilman Schwarze is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow. His research explores territorial stigmatisation, urban redevelopment and the production of space. Matt Dawson is Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow with research interests in social theory and the history of sociology.

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