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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338038403321

Autore

Westerman Richard

Titolo

Lukács’s Phenomenology of Capitalism : Reification Revalued / / by Richard Westerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-93287-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVII, 308 p.)

Collana

Political Philosophy and Public Purpose, , 2524-7158

Disciplina

320.01

Soggetti

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: The Lukács Debate -- 2. Reality And Representation In Art -- 3. The History Of History & Class Consciousness -- 4. The Forms Of Social Reality -- 5. The Interpellation Of The Subject -- 6. Self-consciousness And Identity -- 7. The Social And The Natural -- 8. Conclusion: Lukács In Late Capitalism.

Sommario/riassunto

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.