Decolonial limits to Henri Lefebvre's spatial revolution

2025/09/11 by James D. Sidaway · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Urban Development and Societal Issues #Urban Planning and Governance #Urban and Rural Development Challenges

paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/tran.70021

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Abstract

This commentary appreciates Hamish Kallin's (2024) account of the prospects for reconciliation of anarchist and Marxist approaches via engaging Henri Lefebvre's work, but signals equivocation about Lefebvre triggered by his depictions of colonialism, Islam and the tropics. I argue that these are inconsistent with ongoing decolonial moves in geography.

Citations

• On Lefebvre's orientalism and geography's Eurocentrism in Sidaway's ‘critical Muslim geographies’
• Henri Lefebvre and the spatial revolution that never ends: Towards the reconciliation of anarchist and Marxist approaches in geography?
• On the sources for critical Muslim geographies: Rebellion and tradition
• Capital’s logistical fix: Accumulation, globalization, and the survival of capitalism

Discussions

• New commentary in Transactions: 'Decolonial limits to Henri Lefebvre's spatial revolution' by James D. Sidaway In this commentary, Sidaway responds to @hamishkallin.bsky.social's recent TIBG paper o [bsky, 3 points, 0 comments]

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