Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy, and Modernity provides a new interpretation of the work of Henri Lefebvre (1901–1991), reframing it as being above all a metaphilosophy of modernity.

Lefebvre is increasingly being recognized as one of the great 20th-century thinkers.

Nevertheless, the majority of scholarship on Lefebvre predominantly focuses on his theorizing of space, often taking Lefebvre’s The Production of Space as the point of departure, and/or on his theorizing of everyday life, with his multi-volume Critique of Everyday Life as the focal point.

Dr. Patrick Gamsby’s book argues that it is Lefebvre’s concept of metaphilosophy that provides the connective tissues for these works, one that is chiefly concerned with deciphering the enigma of modernity.

Dr. Gamsby is a scholarly communications librarian who is cross-appointed to the Department of Sociology at Memorial University.

The book will appeal to a wide interdisciplinary and international audience from the fields of sociology, philosophy, cultural studies, geography, the history of ideas and literary studies.

This includes scholars and students interested in Henri Lefebvre’s writings, everyday life, modernity, space/time, leisure/work, continental thought, critical theory, Marxism and technology.

Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy, and Modernity is published by Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.