'"The Urban Revolution"' is about globalization of the urban form, function and structure as a practice in contemporary society. Lefebvre conceived the "urban revolution" in the late 60ies as something that will happen in the near future and we got the choice to do it conscious for the good of all or unconscious for the good of a few. The urban revolution is nothing someone could leave aside, because it is a revolution of the everyday life.
As the book was written signs of postmodernity were still something under the surface of academic discussion. Lefebvre deals with many of the core themes of the following cultural turn in social sciences. He argues implicitly against Foucault as well as against a dogmatic industrial (state) socialism or positivist urbanism. Sure, while Lefebvres answers will not convince everyone, his questions still point at the centre of today's everyday life in capitalist world society.