Citizens throughout civil society would become more and more active, radically active; they would increasingly take over governing functions from the state, to the point that they could eventually absorb it (page 146).

This line is a perfect description how governments are overthrown.

modern citizenship takes the form of a contract between the state and the citizenry that specifies, among other things, the rights of citizens (page 146).

the concept of social contract pops up all throughout history

Rather rights are always the outcome of political struggle (Page 146).

This is a very interesting interpretation on “rights” that I have never encountered before

So Lefebvre sees a struggle for new rights and a new contract as initiating a “renewal of political life” that sets us on a path, moving toward a horizon, toward a possible world beyond the state and beyond capitalism (Page 147).

I get the image of an anarchist from reading this

Rather its control of society must emerge spontaneously from below (Page 147).

this reminds me of a phoenix rising from the ashes

 

PURCELL, M. (2014). POSSIBLE WORLDS: HENRI LEFEBVRE AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY. Journal Of Urban Affairs, 36(1), 141-154. doi:10.1111/juaf.12034