Henri Lefebvre
Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991), former resistance fighter and professor of sociology at Strasbourg and Nanterre, was a member of the French Communist Party from 1928 until his expulsion in 1957. He was the author of sixty books on philosophy, sociology, politics, architecture and urbanism.
Blog
Commute, work, commute, sleep ... —or why Situationism can explain the January blues
Psychologists designated Janaury 17th as ‘the most depressing day of the year’. Like so much snake oil, we are bombarded with books, articles and programmes advising us on how to ‘find happiness’ in 2011.
Books
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Introduction to Modernity
The sociologist and philosopher analyses the dawning of modernity. -
Critique of Everyday Life Volume One
A groundbreaking analysis of the alienating phenomena of daily life under capitalism.
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Critique of Everyday Life Volume Three
Explores the crisis of modernity and the decisive assertion of technological modernism.
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Critique of Everyday Life Volume Two
Identifies categories within everyday life, such as the theory of the semantic field and the theory of moments.