Henri Lefebvre

Henri Lefebvre
Henri Lefebvre
	Lefebvre in 1971
Born	16 June 1901; Hagetmau, France
Died	29 June 1991 (aged 90); Navarrenx, France
Alma mater	University of Paris (MA, 1920; DrE, 1954)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy; Western Marxism; Hegelian Marxism
Doctoral students	Jean Baudrillard
Main interests	Everyday life; dialectics; alienation; mystification; social space; urbanity; rurality; modernity; literature; history;
Notable ideas	Critique of everyday life; theory of moments; rhythmanalysis; right to the city; the production of social space;

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 pioneering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the production of social 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, Socialisme ou Barbarie, Espaces et Sociétés.

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