Georg Lukács and Critical Theory : Aesthetics, History, Utopia / Tyrus Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Tyrus, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Hungarian--20th century.

Philosophy, Hungarian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.) : 13 B/W illustrations 13 black & white illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Reflects the extraordinary scope and topicality of Lukács and Frankfurt School thoughtBuilds on author's decades of research and previous publication on Lukács and Frankfurt School, including editing and translation of Hungarian language texts by Lukács, his Modernism and the Frankfurt School book, and numerous published essays and book chaptersBrings Lukács and key figures of the Frankfurt School in dialogue with other influential thinkers, for instance Lukács with Bloch and Marcuse, Adorno with Clement Greenberg and Bernard Stiegler, Benjamin/Adorno/Marcuse with Bataille/Blanchot/KlossowskiRepresents a unique selection and range of interdisciplinary and intermedial perspectives, from philosophy to literary, visual, and music studies to social and political theoryDraws upon sources in English, German, Hungarian, French, and Italian, expanding the understanding of key theorists beyond English-translated sourcesThis book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukács through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democratisation. Interweaving discussion of art and literature, utopian thought, and the dialectics of high art and mass culture, it offers unique perspectives on an interconnected group of left-wing intellectuals who sought to understand and resist their society's systemic impoverishment of thought and experience. Starting from Lukács's reflections on art, utopia, and historical action, it progresses to the Frankfurt School philosopher Theodor W. Adorno's analyses of music, media, avant-garde and kitsch. It concludes with discussions of erotic utopia, authoritarianism, postsocialism, and organised deceit in show trials - topics in which the legacy of Lukács and Frankfurt School critical theory continues to be relevant today.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1 Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: The Long Goodbye

Part I Georg Lukács

Chapter 2 Matthew, Mark, Lukács, and Bloch: From Aesthetic Utopianism to Religious Messianism

Chapter 3 Lukács's Theatres of History: Drama, Action, and Historical Agency

Chapter 4 The Non-Contemporaneity of Lukács and Lukács: Cold War Contradictions and the Aesthetics of Visual Art

Part II Theodor W. Adorno

Chapter 5 Adorno and/or Avant-Garde: Looking Back at Surrealism

Chapter 6 Avant-Garde and Kitsch, or, Teddy the Musical!

Chapter 7 Remediating Opera: Media and Musical Drama in Adorno and Kluge

Part III Critical Theory

Chapter 8 Perversion and Utopia: Sade, Fourier, and Critical Theory

Chapter 9 Interdisciplinary Legacies: Critical Theory and Authoritarian Culture

Chapter 10 Prophecies of Mass Deception: Dewey, Trotsky, and the Moscow Show Trials

Chapter 11 Tell-Trials, or, Gyuri the Radio Play

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781399502436

1399502433

OCLC:

1365105519