ABSTRACT

In this article, the author focuses on Henri Lefebvre’s critique of urban functionalism, whose “founding father” is recognized as Le Corbusier. The aim is to explain how Lefebvre studied urban functionalism in order to develop an innovative critique of the Fordist modernity that developed in France following the Second World War. For the French sociologist, investigating urban functionalism thus meant investigating, from the spatial point of view, the way in which the capitalist development of the last century was modernized.

KEYWORDS: Henri Lefebvre; Le Corbusier; Fordism; urban functionalism; habitat

From: International Critical Thought 2021 11 (4)

Editor: Wang Yi