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Henri Lefebvre
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Henri Lefebvre was a French philosopher, sociologist, politician, and university teacher. Born in Hagetmau in 1901, he was a member of the French Communist Party and held a position at Paris Nanterre University. His fields of work included philosophy and sociology, and he was associated with the movements of Marxism and critical geography. Lefebvre wrote in French and identified as an atheist.
He died in Navarrenx in 1991. Among his doctoral students was Michel Clouscard. His published works include *Nietzsche*, *Mythe et idéologie de l'espace chez Le Corbusier*, *L'Idéologie structuraliste*, *Contribution à l'étude de l'action chimique de l'étincelle électrique sur les gaz sous faible pression*, and *Morceaux choisis*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 16 Jun 1901
- Died
- 29 Jun 1991
- Works
- 176
Top works
- Nietzsche
- Mythe et idéologie de l'espace chez Le Corbusier
- L'Idéologie structuraliste
- Contribution à l'étude de l'action chimique de l'étincelle électrique sur les gaz sous faible pression
- Morceaux choisis
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1901-06-16 ) 16 June 1901, Hagetmau , Landes , France
- Died
- 29 June 1991 (1991-06-29) (aged 90), Navarrenx , Pyrénées-Atlantiques , France
- Political party
- PCF (1928–1958)
- Education
- University of Paris ( MA , 1920; DrE , 1954)
- Thesis
- Les Communautés paysannes pyrénéennes (origine, développement, déclin). Étude de sociologie historique, Une République pastorale : la vallée de Campan : Organisation, vie et histoire d'une communauté pyrénéenne (1954)
- Doctoral advisor
- Georges Davy
- Other advisor
- André Cholley [ fr ]
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Continental philosophy , Western Marxism , Hegelian Marxism
- Institutions
- University of Strasbourg , University of Paris X: Nanterre
- Doctoral students
- Jean Baudrillard
- Main interests
- Everyday life dialectics alienation mystification urbanity rurality modernity literature history
- Notable ideas
- Critique of everyday life theory of moments rhythmanalysis right to the city social production of space social space New Babylon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Henri
- Family name
- Lefebvre
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Hagetmau
- Place of death
- Navarrenx
- Occupation
- geographer
- Employer
- Paris Nanterre University
- Political party
- French Communist Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- sociology
- Movement
- critical geography
- Image
- Henri Lefebvre 1971.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1901-06-16
- date of death
- 1991-06-29
- name in native language
- Henri Lefebvre
- Commons category
- Henri Lefebvre
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri Lefebvre (/ləˈfɛvrə/ lə-FEV-rə; French: [ɑ̃ʁi ləfɛvʁ]; 16 June 1901 – 29 June 1991) was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for furthering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the social production of space, and for his work on dialectical materialism, alienation, and criticism of Stalinism, existentialism, and structuralism. In his prolific career, Lefebvre wrote more than sixty books and three hundred articles. He founded or took part in the founding of several intellectual and academic journals such as Philosophies, La Revue Marxiste, Arguments, and Espaces et Sociétés.
Biography
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