Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. State, Space, World: Lefebvre and the Survival of Capitalism Neil Brenner Stuart Elden 1
Part I State, Society, Autogestion
1 The State and Society (1964) 51
2 The Withering Away of the State: The Sources of Marxist-Leninist State Theory (1964) 69
3 The State in the Modern World (1975) 95
4 Comments on a New State Form (1979) 124
5 Theoretical Problems of Autogestion (1966) 138
6 "It Is the World That Has Changed": Interview with Autogestion et socialisme (1976) 153
Part II Space, State Spatiality, World
7 Reflections on the Politics of Space (1970) 167
8 Space: Social Product and Use Value (1979) 185
9 The Worldwide and the Planetary (1973) 196
10 Space and Mode of Production (1980) 210
11 Space and the State (1978) 223
12 Review of Kostas Axelos's Toward Planetary Thought (1965) 254
13 The World according to Kostas Axelos (1986) 259
14 The Worldwide Experience (1978) 274
15 Revolutions (1986) 290
Further Readings 307
Publication History 309
Index 313