The Urban Revolution

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The Urban Revolution is a seminal 1970 work by French philosopher and sociologist Henri Lefebvre that theorizes the rise of urban society as a dominant form of social organization and critiques the production of urban space under capitalism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
work of social theory
work of urban theory
addresses historical stages of urbanization
politics of space
relationship between city and society
author Henri Lefebvre NERFINISHED
centralConcept critique of capitalist production of urban space
space as social product
transition from industrial society to urban society
urban society as dominant form of social organization
urbanization of society
countryOfOrigin France
critiques capitalist urban development
segregation of urban space
technocratic urban planning
genre critical theory
philosophy
sociology
urban studies
hasImpactOnDiscipline architecture theory
cultural studies
human geography
urban planning theory
urban sociology
influenced Henri Lefebvre’s later work on the production of space
contemporary urban theory
critical geography
radical urban planning
influencedBy Karl Marx
Marxist political economy
mainSubject capitalism
production of space
social organization
urban planning
urban society
urbanization
notableIdea complete urbanization of society
critique of functionalist urban planning
urban revolution as historical process
originalLanguage French
originalTitle La Révolution urbaine NERFINISHED
philosophicalTradition Western Marxism NERFINISHED
continental philosophy
publicationYear 1970
theoreticalFramework Marxism NERFINISHED
critical urban theory

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Henri Lefebvre notableWork The Urban Revolution