Henri Lefebvre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Lefebvre

French philosopher

Date of Birth: 16-Jun-1901

Place of Birth: Hagetmau, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1991

Profession: politician, geographer, university teacher, sociologist, literary critic, philosopher, French Resistance fighter

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Henri Lefebvre ( l?-FEV-r?, French: [?~?i l?f?v?]; 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 dialectics, 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 et Barbarie, Espaces et Sociétés.