Confronting Reification: Revitalizing Georg Lukács's Thought in Late Capitalism

By Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker

Book Overview

Georg Luk?cs (1885-1971) was one of the most original Marxist philosophers and literary critics of the twentieth century. His work was a major influence on what we now know as critical theory. Almost fifty years after his death, Luk?cs's legacy has come under attack by right-wing extremists in his native Hungary. Despite efforts to erase his memory, Luk?cs remains a philosophical gadfly.

In Confronting Reification, an international team of fourteen scholars explicate, reassess, and apply one of Luk?cs's most significant philosophical contributions, his theory of reification. Based on papers presented at the 2017 Legacy of Georg Luk?cs conference held in Budapest, the essays in this volume demonstrate the vitality of Luk?cs's thought and its relevance.

Contributors include: R?diger Dannemann, Frank Engster, Andrew Feenberg, Joseph Grim Feinberg, Andraz Jez, Christian Lotz, Csaba Olay, Tom Rockmore, Gregory R. Smulewicz-Zucker, Mariana Teixeira, Michael J. Thompson, Tivadar Vervoort, Richard Westerman, and Sean Winkler.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004357580
• ISBN13: 9789004357587
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"