‘Revolution of space’, autogestion, and appropriation of nature in Henri Lefebvre’s political and revolutionary project

Abstract

This commentary engages with Napoletano et al.'s analysis of the relationship between society and nature in the work of Henri Lefebvre. I present some reflections on the nexuses between the production of space, autogestion, and the appropriation of nature. I maintain that the politics of space is not separate from the politics of nature. Autogestion is fundamental to construct a revolutionary project to ‘change life’ that includes a new society–nature relationship in the context of the ‘revolution of space’.