Research On Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis Theory

Rhythm exists in all aspects of the natural world and people’s daily lives.It is the balance between movement and the basis of diversity and unity.The famous French thinker Henri Lefebvre(Henri Lefebvre 1901-1991),as a representative of Western Marxism and "the father of critical theory of daily life",philosophically considered the field of daily life neglected by Western rationalism,From a rhythmical perspective,the analysis of alienation under capitalist conditions opens up a whole new field of research.On the premise of a detailed explanation of the concept of rhythm,Lefebvre proposed that the bearer of rhythm is the human body,which alienated under the conditions of capitalism and led to rhythm imbalance.The rhythm analyst is a general person conceived by Lefebvre.The rhythm analyst exists as an intermediary linking reality and alienation.Only the rhythm analyst can perceive the rhythm,and the anti-rhythm control measures have the opportunity.Become reality.In Lefebvre’s view,people’s daily life began to become boring.The reason lies in the regulation and planning of time by capitalism.In rhythm analysis theory,he mainly discusses the reason why daily life is controlled by rhythm in three aspects: the rhythm of the discipline mechanism,the daily rhythm of the media,and the rhythm of the capitalist mode of production.Among them,discipline and self-discipline The rhythm of the individual’s daily life becomes the same,the rhythm of the media controls our daily life in turn by producing a virtual daily life,and the rhythm of capital is the internal deep logic that controls the rhythm of the body and all society.On the basis of describing the current situation of rhythmic life,Lefebvre revealed to us the essence of class rule and oppression by capitalism,and completed the construction process of its rhythm analysis theory.Lefebvre observes the world from the perspective of rhythm,and analyzes the alienation of modern daily life with rhythm analysis,a new method of capitalist criticism.This is an in-depth exploration of the problem of alienation in different periods and different situations,and it has enriched the specific form of Marx’s alienation theory to a certain extent.However,constrained by the social and historical background at that time,rhythm analysis theory still has certain limitations,mainly reflected in the following aspects: when exploring the reasons why daily life ismanipulated,only looking for answers at the social level,unaware of the essence of rhythm status The economic factors and institutional roots of the world have not escaped the shackles of neo-humanism inherent in Western Marxism,regarded the conceived object as a rhythm analyst as the subject of the revolution,and still stayed at the spiritual and cultural level to seek the power of social change.Ignoring the status of the proletariat,I finally found no effective way to resist rhythmization.