{"product_id":"writings-on-cities-isbn-9780631191889","title":"Writings on Cities","description":"The work of Henri Lefebvre - the only major French intellectual of the post-war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life - received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of \u003ci\u003eThe Production of Space.\u003c\/i\u003e This new collection brings together, for the first time in English, Lefebvre's reflections on the city and urban life written over a span of some twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe selection of writings is contextualized by an introduction - itself a significant contribution to the interpretation of Henri Lefebvre's work - which places the material within the context of Lefebvre's intellectual and political life and times and raises pertinent issues as to their relevance for contemporary debates over such questions as the nature of urban reality, the production of space and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritings on Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is of particular relevance to architects, planners, geographers, and those interested in the philosophical and political understanding of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Lost in Transposition-Time, Space and the City 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Right to the City\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Preface 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Industrialization and Urbanization 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Philosophy and the City 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Fragmentary Sciences and Urban Reality 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Philosophy of the City and Planning Ideology 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Specificity of the City 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Continuities and Discontinuities 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Levels of Reality and Analysis 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Town and Country 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Around the Critical Point 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 On Urban Form 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Spectral Analysis 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Right to the City 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Perspective or Prospective? 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Realiziation of Philosophy 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 These on the City, the Urban and Planning 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Spaces and Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Introduction 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Institutions of a Post-technological Society 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Interviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 No Salvation away from the Centre? 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Urban in Question 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Elements of Rhythmanalysis \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Seen from the Window 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Rhythmanalysis of Mediterranean Cities 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 241\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleonore Kofman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in the Department of International Studies at Nottingham Trent University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Lebas\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Geography at Middlesex University. Both have researched and written extensively on French urbanization and urban theory.\u003c\/p\u003e  The work of Henri Lefebvre - the only major French intellectual of the post-war period to give extensive consideration to the city and urban life - received considerable attention among both academics and practitioners of the built environment following the publication in English of \u003ci\u003eThe Production of Space.\u003c\/i\u003e This new collection brings together, for the first time in English, Lefebvre's reflections on the city and urban life written over a span of some twenty years.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe selection of writings is contextualized by an introduction - itself a significant contribution to the interpretation of Henri Lefebvre's work - which places the material within the context of Lefebvre's intellectual and political life and times and raises pertinent issues as to their relevance for contemporary debates over such questions as the nature of urban reality, the production of space and modernity.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWritings on Cities\u003c\/i\u003e is of particular relevance to architects, planners, geographers, and those interested in the philosophical and political understanding of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990511796453,"sku":"NP9780631191889","price":56.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631191889.jpg?v=1761788124","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/writings-on-cities-isbn-9780631191889","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}