Georg Lukács’s Philosophy of Praxis: From Neo-Kantianism to Marxism
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- Synopsis
- Georg Lukács' early Marxist philosophy of the 1920s laid the foundations of Critical Theory. However the evaluation of Lukács' philosophical contribution has been largely determined by one-sided readings of eminent theorists like Adorno, Habermas, Honneth or even Lukács himself. This book offers a new reconstruction of Lukács' early Marxist work, capable of restoring its dialectical complexity by highlighting its roots in his neo-Kantian, 'pre-Marxist' period. In his pre-Marxist work Lukács sought to articulate a critique of formalism from the standpoint of a dubious mystical ethics of revolutionary praxis. Consequently, Lukács discovered a more coherent and realistic answer to his philosophical dilemmas in Marxism. At the same time, he retained his neo-Kantian reservations about idealist dialectics. In his reading of historical materialism he combined non-idealist, non-systematic historical dialectics with an emphasis on conscious, collective, transformative praxis. Reformulated in this way Lukács' classical argument plays a central role within a radical Critical Theory.
- Copyright:
- 2018
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- Book Size:
- 264 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781474267427
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781474267410, 9781474267410
- Publisher:
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 10/28/18
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- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
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- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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