On the Rural
Economy, Sociology, Geography
Published on 12. April 2022
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-1-5179-0468-5 (ISBN)
Description
A collection of previously untranslated writings by Henri Lefebvre on rural sociology, situating his research in relation to wider Marxist work
On the Rural is the first English collection to translate Lefebvre's crucial but lesser-known writings on rural sociology and political economy, presenting a wide-ranging approach to understanding the historical and rural sociology of precapitalist social forms, their endurance today, and conditions of dispossession and uneven development.
In On the Rural, Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton present Lefebvre's key works on rural questions, including the first half of his book Du rural A l'urbain and supplementary texts, two of which are largely unknown conference presentations published outside France. On the Rural offers methodological orientations for addressing questions of economy, sociology, and geography by deploying insights from spatial political economy to decipher the rural as a terrain and stake of capitalist transformation. By doing so, it reveals the production of the rural as a key site of capitalist development and as a space of struggle.
This volume delivers a careful translation-supplemented with extensive notes and a substantive introduction-to cement Lefebvre's central contribution to the political economy of rural sociology and geography.
On the Rural is the first English collection to translate Lefebvre's crucial but lesser-known writings on rural sociology and political economy, presenting a wide-ranging approach to understanding the historical and rural sociology of precapitalist social forms, their endurance today, and conditions of dispossession and uneven development.
In On the Rural, Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton present Lefebvre's key works on rural questions, including the first half of his book Du rural A l'urbain and supplementary texts, two of which are largely unknown conference presentations published outside France. On the Rural offers methodological orientations for addressing questions of economy, sociology, and geography by deploying insights from spatial political economy to decipher the rural as a terrain and stake of capitalist transformation. By doing so, it reveals the production of the rural as a key site of capitalist development and as a space of struggle.
This volume delivers a careful translation-supplemented with extensive notes and a substantive introduction-to cement Lefebvre's central contribution to the political economy of rural sociology and geography.
Reviews / Votes
"On the Rural is a remarkable collection. Lefebvre wrote as a historian, a sociologist, a geographer, a political-economist, and a philosopher. This makes for challenging reading at times but there are also brilliant passages that will goad readers on to the next page. "-Cleveland Review of Books"On the Rural provides anglophone readers with a more nuanced Henri Lefebvre who has a richer and wider intellectual history than that of the misrepresentation of seeing him as an urban theorist."-Agricultural History Review
"[On the Rural] is essential reading for anyone interested in rural sociology, geography, and political economy. It provides a critical analysis of the rural question and offers valuable insights for both academic and policy discussions."-Acta Sociologica
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Minnesota
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
4 tables, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5179-0468-5 (9781517904685)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Henri Lefebvre was a noted Marxist sociologist and philosopher whose writings on urbanism and space have been widely influential. His books include The Production of Space and (all from Minnesota) The Urban Revolution; State, Space, World: Selected Essays; Dialectical Materialism; and Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment.
Stuart Elden is professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick. He is the author of numerous books, including Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty (Minnesota, 2009) and The Birth of Territory.
Adam David Morton is professor of political economy at the University of Sydney. He is the author of various books, including Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development and Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis (with Andreas Bieler).
Robert Bononno has been a translator from French for more than twenty years. His recent nonfiction translations include Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment, by Henri Lefebvre, and Speech Begins after Death, by Michel Foucault and Claude Bonnefoy (both from Minnesota).
Stuart Elden is professor of political theory and geography at the University of Warwick. He is the author of numerous books, including Terror and Territory: The Spatial Extent of Sovereignty (Minnesota, 2009) and The Birth of Territory.
Adam David Morton is professor of political economy at the University of Sydney. He is the author of various books, including Revolution and State in Modern Mexico: The Political Economy of Uneven Development and Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis (with Andreas Bieler).
Robert Bononno has been a translator from French for more than twenty years. His recent nonfiction translations include Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment, by Henri Lefebvre, and Speech Begins after Death, by Michel Foucault and Claude Bonnefoy (both from Minnesota).
Content
From the Rural to the Urban and the Production of Space
Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton
Notes on Translation
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to From the Rural to the Urban (1969)
2. Problems of Rural Sociology: The Peasant Community and its Historical-Sociological Problems (1949)
3. Social Classes in Rural Areas: Tuscany and the mezzadria classica (1950)
4. Perspectives on Rural Sociology (1953)
5. Social Relations, Population Phenomena, and Labor Problems in the Agricultural Sector of Underdeveloped Countries (1954)
6. The Village Community (1956)
7. The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology (1956)
8. The Marxist-Leninist Theory of Ground Rent (1964)
9. Introduction to the Psychosociology of Everyday Life (1960)
10. The New Urban Complex: Lacq-Mourenx and the Urban Problems of the New Working Class (1960)
11. Experimental Utopia: For a New Urbanism (1961)
12. The Valley of Campan: A Study in Historical Sociology (1963)
Publication History
Index
Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton
Notes on Translation
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction to From the Rural to the Urban (1969)
2. Problems of Rural Sociology: The Peasant Community and its Historical-Sociological Problems (1949)
3. Social Classes in Rural Areas: Tuscany and the mezzadria classica (1950)
4. Perspectives on Rural Sociology (1953)
5. Social Relations, Population Phenomena, and Labor Problems in the Agricultural Sector of Underdeveloped Countries (1954)
6. The Village Community (1956)
7. The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology (1956)
8. The Marxist-Leninist Theory of Ground Rent (1964)
9. Introduction to the Psychosociology of Everyday Life (1960)
10. The New Urban Complex: Lacq-Mourenx and the Urban Problems of the New Working Class (1960)
11. Experimental Utopia: For a New Urbanism (1961)
12. The Valley of Campan: A Study in Historical Sociology (1963)
Publication History
Index