"Translated into English in 2004, Rhythmanalysis puts forward Henri Lefebvre's ideas on the relationship between time and space, particularly how rhythms characterise space. This book brings together leading geographers to expand and advance these theories and relationships. ... In terms of geography, rhythmanalysis emphasizes the dynamic and processual nature of space. Moreover, in thinking about the relationship of time to space, a focus on rhythm can highlight the tensions between repetition and innovation, between the need for consistency and habit, but also the importance of breaks in routine, of disruption and unpredictability. These tensions reveal the ways in which social time is managed by power to ensure a measure of stability through the instantiation of temporal norms, but also illuminate how this is always contingent and often challenged. ... In looking at the rhythms of geographies, and drawing upon a wide range of geographical contexts, this book explores the ordering of different rhythms according to four main themes: rhythms of nature, rhythms of everyday life, rhythms of mobility, and the official and routine rhythms which superimpose themselves on the multiple rhythms of the body."--Page 4 of cover