Georg Lukacs reconsidered critical essays in politics, philosophy and aesthetics edited by Michael J. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Michael J., 1973- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lukács, György, 1885-1971.

Lukács, György.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Georg Lukács stands as a towering figure in the areas of critical theory, literary criticism, aesthetics, ethical theory and the philosophy of Marxism and German Idealism. Yet, despite his influence throughout the twentieth century, his contributions to the humanities and theoretical social sciences are marked by neglect. What has been lost is a crucial thinker in the tradition of critical theory, but also, by extension, a crucial set of ideas that can be used to shed new light on the major problems of contemporary society. This book reconsiders Lukács' intellectual contributions in the light of recent intellectual developments in political theory, aesthetics, ethical theory, and social and cultural theory. An international team of contributors contend that Lukács' ideas and theoretical contributions have much to offer the theoretical paucity of the present. Ultimately the book reintegrates Lukács as a central thinker, not only in the tradition of critical theory, but also as a major theorist and critic of modernity, of capitalism, and of new trends in political theory, cultural criticism and legal theory

Contents:

Part I: Lukács' Philosophical Legacy

1. Lukács's and the Idealist Legacy Stephen Eric Bronner

2. Lukács and Marx After Marxism Tom Rockmore

3. Rethinking Reification Timothy Hall

4. Chvostismus und Dialektik: Lukács' Reply to His Critics Michael Löwy

Part II: Extending Aesthetic Theory

5. A Post-Adornian Aesthetics Peter Uwe Hohendahl

6. The Development of the Novel Werner Jung

7. The Fight for Freedom of the Arts: Lukács on Dante and Goethe János Keleman

8. A Hegelian-Marxist Philosophy of Political Imagination Norman Fischer

Part III: Politics, Society and Critical Theory

9. Lukács' Concept of Time Nichole Shippen

10. Lukács' Ambivalent Jurisprudence Katie Terezakis

11. Back to History? Lukács and the Antimonies of Communicative Critical Theory Konstantinos Kavoulakos

12. Reification and the Progress of Technology Andrew Feenberg

13. Lukács and the Revival of Critical Theory: Reconsidering the Ontologie Michael J. Thompson

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9786613207951

9781472546562

1472546563

9781283207959

1283207958

9781441197634

144119763X

OCLC:

741690711