Westerman Lukács’s Phenomenology of Capitalism

Reification Revalued
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-93287-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

Reihe: Political Philosophy and Public Purpose

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Westerman, Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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.