Lukács’s Phenomenology of Capitalism
This book offers a radical new interpretation of Georg Lukács’s History and Class Consciousness , showing for the first time how the philosophical framework for his analysis of society was laid in the drafts of a philosophy of art that he planned but never completed before he converted to Marxism. Reading Lukács’s work through the so-called “Heidelberg Aesthetics” reveals for the first time a range of unsuspected influences on his thought, such as Edmund Husserl, Emil Lask, and Alois Riegl; it also offers a theory of subjectivity within social relations that avoids many of the problems of earlier readings of his text. At a time when Lukács’s reputation is once more on the rise, this bold new reading helps revitalize his thought in ways that help it speak to contemporary concerns.
| Autor: | Westerman, Richard |
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| ISBN: | 9783030066314 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 308 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 13.12.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Reification Revalued |
| Schlagworte: | Alois Riegl Critical Theory Edmund Husserl Emil Lask History and Class Consciousness Phenomenology Philosophy of art Radical Philosophy Social Theory Western Marxism |
Richard Westerman is an Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada. He completed his PhD at Cambridge, before a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago. His work is primarily on Lukács and the Frankfurt School, and he has also published on philosophical aesthetics.