Critique of Everyday Life
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Critique of Everyday Life is a seminal work of Marxist philosophy and sociology by Henri Lefebvre that analyzes the structures, alienation, and transformative potential embedded in ordinary daily life under modern capitalism.
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| Critique of Everyday Life canonical | 2 |
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Target entity: Critique of Everyday Life Context triple: [Henri Lefebvre, notableWork, Critique of Everyday Life]
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Everyday Life
Everyday Life is a 2019 double album by British rock band Coldplay that blends experimental rock, global influences, and socially conscious themes.
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Interpretation and Social Criticism
Interpretation and Social Criticism is a political philosophy book by Michael Walzer that explores how social critics draw on shared cultural meanings to challenge injustice and argue for moral and political change.
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C.
The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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D.
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life is a contemporary novel by William Nicholson that explores the hidden desires, regrets, and emotional undercurrents beneath the surface of ordinary village life.
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E.
The Practice of Everyday Life
The Practice of Everyday Life is a seminal work of cultural theory in which Michel de Certeau analyzes how ordinary people tactically navigate and subtly subvert the structures of everyday social and cultural life.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Critique of Everyday Life Target entity description: Critique of Everyday Life is a seminal work of Marxist philosophy and sociology by Henri Lefebvre that analyzes the structures, alienation, and transformative potential embedded in ordinary daily life under modern capitalism.
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A.
Everyday Life
Everyday Life is a 2019 double album by British rock band Coldplay that blends experimental rock, global influences, and socially conscious themes.
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B.
Interpretation and Social Criticism
Interpretation and Social Criticism is a political philosophy book by Michael Walzer that explores how social critics draw on shared cultural meanings to challenge injustice and argue for moral and political change.
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C.
The Malaise of Modernity
The Malaise of Modernity is a philosophical work by Charles Taylor that examines how individualism, instrumental reason, and the loss of shared moral horizons shape the problems and anxieties of contemporary Western society.
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D.
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life
The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life is a contemporary novel by William Nicholson that explores the hidden desires, regrets, and emotional undercurrents beneath the surface of ordinary village life.
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E.
The Practice of Everyday Life
The Practice of Everyday Life is a seminal work of cultural theory in which Michel de Certeau analyzes how ordinary people tactically navigate and subtly subvert the structures of everyday social and cultural life.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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work of Marxist philosophy ⓘ work of sociology ⓘ |
| addresses |
bureaucratic society of controlled consumption
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everyday temporality and space ⓘ mass culture ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
reveal hidden structures of domination in everyday life
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show transformative potential of everyday practices ⓘ |
| author | Henri Lefebvre ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
alienation
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everydayness ⓘ praxis ⓘ revolution of everyday life ⓘ totality ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| firstVolumePublicationYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
alienation in daily practices
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commodification of everyday life ⓘ possibilities of emancipation in everyday life ⓘ structures of everyday life ⓘ |
| genre |
Marxist theory
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philosophy of everyday life ⓘ social theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Critique of Everyday Life, Volume I
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Critique of Everyday Life, Volume II ⓘ Critique of Everyday Life, Volume III ⓘ |
| influenced |
cultural studies
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everyday life studies ⓘ situationist theory ⓘ urban studies ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Marxism
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alienation ⓘ everyday life ⓘ modern capitalism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
Western Marxism
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critical theory ⓘ |
| publicationPeriod | 1940s–1980s ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstFrenchEdition |
L’Arche
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linked to:
L'Arche communities
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| relatedWork |
The Production of Space
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The Urban Revolution ⓘ |
| secondVolumePublicationYear | 1961 ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
dialectical materialism
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historical materialism ⓘ |
| thirdVolumePublicationYear | 1981 ⓘ |
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