from Henri Lefebvre: The Production of Space (1974) · 1 December 06 by Ray Crowley
Chapter 6, from the Contradictions of Space to Differential Space, XXI
As an extension of dominated space, leisure spaces are arranged at once functionally and hierarchically. They serve the reproduction of production relations. Space thus controlled and managed constrains in specific ways, imposing its own rituals and gestures, discursive forms, and even models and modulations in space. Hence, this space too is made up of ‘boxes for living in’, of identical ‘plans’ piled one on top of another or jammed next to one another in rows. Yet, at the same time, the body takes its revenge – or at least calls for revenge. It seeks to make itself known – to gain recognition – as generative.
tags: lefebvre, space, theory, urban
from Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction He spent all week lifting stones