1. Henri Lefebvre founded or took part in the founding of several intellectual and academic journals such as Philosophies, La Revue Marxiste, Arguments, Socialisme ou Barbarie, and Espaces et Societes.
11 Facts About Henri Lefebvre
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Henri Lefebvre studied philosophy at the University of Paris, graduating in 1920.
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Henri Lefebvre joined the PCF in 1928 and became one of the most prominent French Marxist intellectuals during the second quarter of the 20th century, before joining the French resistance.
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Seven years later, Henri Lefebvre published his first volume of The Critique of Everyday Life.
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In 1961, Henri Lefebvre became professor of sociology at the University of Strasbourg, before joining the faculty at the new university at Nanterre in 1965.
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Henri Lefebvre was one of the most respected professors, and he had influenced and analysed the May 1968 student revolt.
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Henri Lefebvre introduced the concept of the right to the city in his 1968 book Le Droit a la ville.
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Henri Lefebvre defined everyday life dialectically as the intersection of "illusion and truth, power and helplessness; the intersection of the sector man controls and the sector he does not control", and is where the perpetually transformative conflict occurs between diverse, specific rhythms: the body's polyrhythmic bundles of natural rhythms, physiological rhythms, and social rhythms.
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Henri Lefebvre argued that everyday life was an underdeveloped sector compared to technology and production, and moreover that in the mid 20th century, capitalism changed such that everyday life was to be colonized.
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Henri Lefebvre dedicated a great deal of his philosophical writings to understanding the importance of space in what he called the reproduction of social relations of production.
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Henri Lefebvre's argument in The Production of Space is that space is a social product, or a complex social construction which affects spatial practices and perceptions.