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Abstract

Through the logistical state, which we bring into novel conversation with Henri Lefebvre’s work on planetary urbanisation and the production of space, this paper argues that postcapitalist forms of planning will arrive, if ever, through an urban revolution, through struggles over urban everyday life, the logistical state, which we bring into novel conversation with Henri Lefebvre’s work on planetary urbanisation and the production of space, this paper argues that postcapitalist forms of planning will arrive, if ever, through an urban revolution, through struggles over urban everyday life. We suggest that future investigations into the possibilities for a democratic economic planning beyond capitalism should attend to actually-existing empirical struggles over the urban – as the spatial mediator of capitalist relations – and look for inspiration to historical and contemporary examples of municipalist praxis aiming to reinvent the commune.

Publication Type:	Article
Publisher Keywords:	Henri Lefebvre, economic democracy, logistics infrastructure, new municipalism, production of space, open Marxism
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science
Departments:	Bayes Business School > Management
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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