Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 20:26:10 +0100
From: artefact-AT-t-online.de (Michael Eldred)
Subject: Re: Henri Lefebvre


Cologne 17-Feb-2002

Stuart Elden schrieb Thu, 14 Feb 2002 13:40:22 -0000:

> Jan
>
> Those are big questions. Lefebvre (1901-91) wrote over sixty books on a huge
> range of topics. Some of the most important:-
>
> La conscience mystifiee, with Norbert Guterman, 1936
> La materialisme dialectique, 1940/Dialectical Materialism, 1968
> L'existentialisme, 1946
> Critique de la vie quotidienne, Three Volumes, 1947, 1961, 1981/Critique of
> Everyday Life, 1991 (Vol I)
> Metaphilosophie: Prolegomenes, 1965
> La fin de l'histoire: Epilegomenes, 1970
> La production de l'espace, 1974/The Production of Space, 1991
> Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche ou le royamme des ombres, 1975
> De l'Etat, Four Volumes, 1976-8
> Le retour de la dialectique: 12 mots clefs, 1986
> Elements de rythmanalyse: Introduction a la connaissance de rythmes, 1992
>
> La materialisme dialectique is the best overview of his reading of Marx; La
> production de l'espace and Critique de la vie quotidienne give some of the
> most explicit relations to Heidegger. Being rather crude about it, it seems
> to me that Lefebvre reads Heidegger rather as Marx read Hegel - he sets out
> some important areas of investigation (in this case space/place, everyday
> life, dwelling, the political, overcoming metaphysics, etc.) but needs to be
> subjected to a radical critique, in order to make his thought more concrete
> and demystified.
>
> Lefebvre has become very popular in geography and some other areas recently
> largely due to the translations of the Critique of Everyday Life and The
> Production of Space. One of the problems of that reception - it seems to
> me - has been that it has been at the neglect of his philosophical and
> political concerns. I'm writing a book on Lefebvre which tries to put these
> at the centre of the interpretation.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Stuart
>

Thanks for that, Stuart.

Michael
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-  artefact text and translation _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- made by art  _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
http://www.webcom.com/artefact/ _-_-_-_-_-_- artefact-AT-webcom.com
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Dr Michael Eldred -_-_-
_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_






     --- from list heidegger-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---