What place does nature occupy in Henri Lefebvre’s theory of the production of space? A few thoughts

It is of particular note how, over recent decades, the theory of the production of space, drawn up in the 1970s by Henri Lefebvre, has become one of the leading approaches to urban studies. Although his contributions are still applied today in manifold interpretations in both the Global North and So...

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Author: Pereira, Cláudio Smalley Soares
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:Brasil
Institution:Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa em Planejamento Urbano e Regional (ANPUR)
Repository:Revista Brasileira de Estudos Urbanos e Regionais (Online)
Language:Portuguese
English
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.rbeur.anpur.org.br:article/7259
Online Access:https://rbeur.anpur.org.br/rbeur/article/view/7259
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Natureza
Produção do Espaço
Ecologia
Revolução
Henri Lefebvre
Nature
Production of Space
Ecology
Revolution
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Summary:It is of particular note how, over recent decades, the theory of the production of space, drawn up in the 1970s by Henri Lefebvre, has become one of the leading approaches to urban studies. Although his contributions are still applied today in manifold interpretations in both the Global North and South, there are nonetheless a myriad of interrelated themes to Lefebvrian theorization that deserve greater attention. In this paper, I propose to problematize the relationship between the theory of the production of space and ecology under the assumption that within Lefebvre’s theory there is a concept of nature, which is fundamental to understanding the politics of spatial policy and therefore, enables the politicization of nature and ecology to be perceived. The hypothesis I develop in this article is a first approach to the subject of Nature in the works of Lefebvre, seeking to link the threads which connect the discussion on the Theory of the Production of Space, and the conception of nature related to that theory.