Georg Lukács’s Philosophy of Praxis

From Neo-Kantianism to Marxism

Konstantinos Kavoulakos (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2020
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-15528-2 (ISBN)

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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.

Konstantinos Kavoulakos is associate professor of Social and Political Philosophy/Philosophy of Culture at the University of Crete, Greece.

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Preface by Andrew Feenberg

1. Introduction: The Need to Reconsider Lukács’ Philosophy of Praxis

First Part: Method
2. The Problem of Content: a Neo-Kantian Theme

3. Flawed Philosophical Alternatives

4. Lukács’ Materialist Theory of History

Second Part: Theory

5. The Origins of the Concept of Reification in Lukács’ Early Work

6. The Modern Form of Objectivity

7. What is Reification?

Third Part: Praxis

8. From Mystical Ethics to Transformative Praxis

9. De-reifying Capitalism

10. Limits of De-reification

11. Epilogue: The Significance of Lukács’s Philosophy of Praxis Today

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Erscheinungsdatum	20.03.2020
Vorwort	Andrew Feenberg
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	376 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-350-15528-4 / 1350155284
ISBN-13	978-1-350-15528-2 / 9781350155282
Zustand	Neuware