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Rhythmanalysis
''Rhythmanalysis: Space, Time and Everyday Life'' is a collection of essays by Marxism, Marxist sociology, sociologist and urbanist philosophy, philosopher Henri Lefebvre. The book outlines a method for analyzing the rhythms of urban spaces and the effects of those rhythms on the inhabitants of those spaces. It builds on his past work, with which he argued space is a production of social practices. Two concluding essays are co-authored by Catherine Régulier and had been previously published in the 1980's. The book is considered to be the fourth volume in his ''Critique of Everyday Life''. Published after his death in 1992, ''Rhythmanalysis'' is Lefebvre's last book. It was first translated into English by Stuart Elden and Gerald Moore in 2004. Origins of rhythmanalysis The term "rhythmanalysis" was coined by Portuguese philosopher Lúcio Alberto Pinheiro dos Santos in a lost 1931 manuscript which focused on the physiological dimensions of rhythms. His ideas on rhythmanalysis are e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lúcio Alberto Pinheiro Dos Santos
Lúcio Alberto Pinheiro dos Santos (Braga, 19 April 1889 - Rio de Janeiro, 11 November 1950) was a Portuguese philosopher and teacher, noted for coining the term and writing the first theory of rhythmanalysis, focused on its physiological dimensions. His ideas on rhythmanalysis have been later further developed by French philosophers Gaston Bachelard and Henri Lefebvre.Meyer, Kurt"Rhythms, Streets, Cities"in ''Space, Difference, Everyday Life: Reading Henri Lefebvre'', Routledge, 2008 Biography Born in Braga on 19 April 1889, Lúcio Alberto Pinheiro dos Santos first studied law at the University of Coimbra. He later moved to Lisbon where he embarked on a teaching career. In 1917 he emigrated to Brazil,Pedro Baptista"Ciclo de conferências A Ritmanálise: Lúcio Pinheiro dos Santos e Gaston Bachelard" Institudo de Filosofia, 2010 (''in Portuguese'') but returned in 1919 when appointed Professor at the Faculty of Arts of Coimbra, from where he moved in the same year to the Faculty of A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |