Henri Lefebvre is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers in the field of urban space and its organization; his theories offer reflections still valid for analyzing social relations in urban areas affected by the crisis of the neoliberal economic system. Lefebvre's ideal of the "right to the city" is now more widely accepted given today's current cultural and social situation. Most current research on Henri Lefebvre refers solely to his ideas and their theoretical discussion, without focusing on the empirical transcription of the philosopher. This book fills this gap, and proposes examples about the empirical use of Henri Lefebvre's sociology from the perspective of different cities and researchers in order to understand the city and its evolutions in the context of neoliberal globalization. The book's main purpose is to revisit Lefebvre's still-relevant key concepts in order to understand the contemporary city. Case studies in this book will show also that the reception of Lefebvrian concepts differs across different contexts, depending on the social and political circumstances of each country. The debates in this book both expand the scope of urban imagination, and help to reinvigorate, unify, and empower shared desires for just urban outcomes. The contributions to this book also illuminate the everyday choices concerning the form and social processes of the city, and the inspiration that they draw from Lefebvre's theoretical legacy in the realm of urban sociology.

亨利-列斐伏尔无疑是城市空间及其组织领域最具影响力的思想家之一；他的理论为分析受新自由主义经济体系危机影响的城市地区的社会关系提供了仍然有效的思考。鉴于今天的文化和社会现状，列斐伏尔的 "城市权利 "理想现在被更广泛地接受。目前关于亨利-勒菲弗尔的研究大多只提到他的思想及其理论讨论，而没有关注这位哲学家的经验性转录。本书填补了这一空白，并从不同城市和研究者的角度提出了有关亨利-勒菲弗尔社会学的经验性使用的例子，以了解城市及其在新自由主义全球化背景下的演变。本书的主要目的是重新审视Lefebvre仍然相关的关键概念，以理解当代城市。本书的案例研究还将表明，对列斐伏尔概念的接受在不同的背景下是不同的，取决于每个国家的社会和政治环境。本书中的辩论既扩大了城市想象力的范围，也有助于重振、统一和增强对公正城市结果的共同愿望。本书的贡献也阐明了有关城市形式和社会进程的日常选择，以及他们从列斐伏尔在城市社会学领域的理论遗产中得到的启发。