Sociology and Space, No. 57, 1977.
Review article
Henri Lefebvre and Rural Sociology
Sreten Vujović
Abstract
Lefebvre's conception of rural sociology
presented in various articles and
two studies — theses »La valee de
Campan« and »Les Pyrenees« contains
a number of important and interesting
theoretical and methodological views.
This appraisal refers to Lefebvre’s justified
stressing of the indispensability
of connection between history and sociology
in the study of the rural reality.
In analysing the social structure of rural
population, land rent, everyday life
in the village, values, symbols etc. Lefebvre
applies, with much imagination,
the attitudes of Marx, Engels, Lenin and
even Niieitzcshe. As fair as methodology
is ooncerned, Lefebvre suggests the
application of described analytically-regressive
and historically-genetic methods
as well as interdisciplinary work
in the study of rural problems. Lefebvre
has devoted special attention to
origin, structure, disintegration and outliving
of rural communities. However, some objections can be made
to Lefebvre. Some problems of rural
sociology have just been outlined,
while others have been only mentioned
(tribe, rural typology etc.). Further more,
he has, without criticism, taken over
some of Engels’ attitudes about rural
community. Neither can be accepted
his assertion, that he has given up dealing
with rural sociology, as, ostensibly,
its subject is vanishing, that is, rural
papulation does not exist any more in
te historical sense of the word. But Lefebvre’s concept of village arisen
in 50's and taken as a whole, means
a theoretical contribution to the
study of rural reality. The studies about
the rural population of Pyrenees are
his most systematic works and are among
the best in his large opus of approximately
50 books.
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Hrčak ID:
119063
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Publication date:
7.9.1977.
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